No place to fall

Homens ruins do rock #4

Townes Van Zandt

Relembrando Townes

Townes Van Zandt - To Live Is To Fly

Won't say I love you babe
Won't say I need you babe
But, I'm gonna get you babe
And I will not do you wrong
Livin's mostly wastin' time
I waste my share of mine
But it never feels too good
So let's don't take too long
You're soft as glass
And I'm a gentle man
We got the sky to talk about
And the world to lie upon.

Days up and down they come
Like rain on a conga drum
Forget most, remember some
But don't turn none away
Everything is not enough
Nothin' is too much to bear
Where you been is good and gone
All you keep is the gettin' there
To live is to fly
Low and high
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes

It's goodbye to all my friends
It's time to go again
Think on all the poetry
And the pickin' down the line
I'll miss the system here
The bottom's low and the treble's clear
But it don't pay to think too much
On things you leave behind
I may be gone
But it won't be long
I will be a-bringin' back the melody
And the rhythm that I find

We all got holes to fill
Them holes are all that's real
Some fall on you like a storm
Sometimes you dig your own
But choice is yours to make
And time is yours to take
Some dive into the sea
Some toil upon the stone
To live is to fly
Low and high,
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the tears out of your eyes

e a inevitável Waitin' around to die



Para mais info sobre o novo álbum do Steve Earl dedicado ao Townes, ver aqui. Desde já fica aqui um pequeno excerto:

As tributes go, Townes is the sound of inevitability. One of Steve Earle’s biggest influences, the troubadour famously proclaimed ““Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table, in my cowboy boots, and say that.” Townes in turn countered, stating “I’ve met Bob Dylan’s bodyguards, and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table, he’s sadly mistaken.” Touche’.

Late night blues

Hoje, pela tarde enquanto viajava para Lisboa, ouvi na 3: M.Ward, Dan Auerbach, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen e mais uns tantos a confirmar que o ano '09 está bom para a música norte-americana. À noite, quando me dirigia para casa ouvi o Steve Earl a cantar o Townes e o Nick Drake a cantar a Pink Moon. Belo dia radiofónico!

Fiquem com o Steve Earl a tocar a Colorado Girl do novíssimo Townes. Boa semana.