Townes van ZandtTwee liedjes

RumerBurt Bacharach

Coveralbum

2012

Liedje van Townes van Zandt

Flyin’ shoesLP/cd op Tomato uit 1978

Vliegschoenen

Om te ontsnappen …

aan de ellende, het gedoe

Flyin’ shoesDays full of rain, sky’s comin' down again

I get so tired of these same old blues

same old song

Baby, it won't be long 'fore I’ll be tyin' on

my flyin' shoes my flyin’ shoes

flyin' shoes till I be tyin' on my flyin' shoes

Spring only sighed summer had to be satisfied

and fall is a feelin' that I just can't lose.

I'd like to stay and watch a winter’s day

turn the green water to white and blue

flyin' shoes flyin' shoes

till I be tyin' on my flyin' shoes

The mountain moon forever sets too soon

and bein' alone is all the hills can do

alone and then her silver sails again

and I will follow in their flyin' shoes

flyin' shoes

I will follow in their flyin' shoes

Days full of rain sky’s comin' down again

I get so tired of these same old blues

same old song

Baby, it won't be long till I be tyin' on

my flyin' shoes

flyin' shoes flyin’ shoes

flyin’shoes flyin’shoes

Tower songGeschreven rond 1968

Opgenomen in 1971

“... a nice little song”Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas

Ergens in 1973

Uitgebracht in 1977

Anekdotes, moppen

Intieme sfeer

Poëtische teksten

Tower songSo close and yet so far away

And all the things I'd hoped to say

Will have to go unsaid today

Perhaps until tomorrow

Tower songYour fears have built a wall between

Our lives and all that loving means

Will have to go unfelt it seems

And that leaves only sorrow

You built your tower strong and tall

Can't you see, it's got to fall someday

Tower songYou close your eyes and speak to me

Of faith and love and destiny

As distant as eternity

From truth and understanding

Tower songThe wind blows cold outside your door

It whispers words I've tried before

But you don't hear me anymore

Your pride's just too demanding

You built your tower strong and tall

Can't you see, it's got to fall someday

Tower songThe end is coming soon it's plain

A warm bed just ain't worth the pain

And I will go and you'll remain

With the bitterness we've tasted

A mother's breast, a newborn child

A poet tears and a drunken smile

But I can't help feelin' all the while

Their meaning won't be wasted

Tower songYou built your tower strong and tall

Can't you see, it's got to fall someday