Two Girls

Townes Van Zandt / Townes Van Zandt: Live at the Old Quarter

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The	clouds didn't look like	cotton, They didn't	even	look like	clouds.

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I was underneath the	weather, And my	friends looked	like a	crowd.

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The	swimmin' hole was	full of rum, I	tried to find out	why.

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All I learned, my	friend, Is you've got to	swim be	fore you	fly.

Two lonesome dudes on an ugly horse - Passed by not long ago.

They asked me where the action was, I said I did not know.

And as they disappeared into the brush - I heard the driver say:

He's a little slow between the ears - He's always been that way.

Jolly Jane just lays around - And listens with her mouth.

She's had about a dozen husbands, But the last one just pulled out.

Now who's gonna bring her dinner - Through the weary years ahead?

All she'll get from me is sympathy, Got no time to see she's fed.

Cold down on the bayou, They say it's in your mind.

But the moccasins are treadin' ice, And leavin' strange designs.

Cajuns say the last time - This happened they werent' here.

Aah, beaumont's full of penguins, And I'm a playin' it by ear.