Townes Van Zandt
Rex’s Blues
[Verse 1]
Ride the blue wind, high and free
She'll lead you down through misery
Leave you low, come time to go
Alone and low as low can be
[Verse 2]
If I'd a nickel, I'd find a game
If I won a dollar, I'd make it rain
If it rained an ocean, I'd drink it dry
And lay me down, dissatisfied
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
It's legs to walk and thoughts to fly
It's eyes to laugh and lips to cry
A restless tongue to classify
All born to grow and grown to die
[Verse 4]
So tell my baby I said so long
Tell my mother I did no wrong
Tell my brother to watch his own
Tell my friends to mourn me none
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 5]
I'm chained upon the face of time
Feeling full of foolish rhyme
There ain't no dark 'til somеthing shines
I'm bound to leave thе dark behind
[Verse 1]
So ride the blue wind, high and free
She'll lead you down through misery
Leave you low, come time to go
Alone and low as low can be
Alone and low as low can be