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Townes Van Zandt

To Live Is To Fly

by Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt

Biography:

John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997), better known as Townes Van Zandt, was a critically acclaimed American songwriter and singer. Much of Van Zandt’s musical canon--songs such as "Pancho and Lefty", "For the Sake of the Song", "Tecumseh Valley", "Rex's Blues", and "To Live is to Fly"--are widely considered masterpieces of American folk music. His musical style is often described as melancholy in sound and delivery with rich and poetic lyrics.

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Townes Van Zandt

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  • Cocaine Blues
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  • To Live Is To Fly
  • Upon My Soul
  • Waiting Around To Die
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  • A Song For
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  • Alone And Forsaken
  • Ballad Of Ira Hayes
  • Big Country Blues
  • Black Crow Blues
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  • Blue Wind Blew
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  • Delta Momma Blues
  • Dollar Bill Blues
  • Dont Let The Sunshine Fool Ya
  • Dont Take It Too Bad
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  • Fare Thee Well Miss Carousel
  • Flyin Shoes
  • For The Sake Of The Song
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  • Greensboro Woman
  • Heavenly Houseboat Blues
  • Hey Willie Boy
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  • Highway Kind
  • I Aint Ever Satisfied
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  • Indian Cowboy
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  • Like A Summer Thursday
  • Little Willie The Gambler
  • Loretta
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  • Lungs
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  • My Proud Mountains
  • No Deal
  • No Place To Fall
  • None But The Rain
  • Nothin
  • Only Him Or Me
  • Our Mother The Mountain
  • Pueblo Waltz
  • Quicksilver Daydreams Of Maria
  • Rake
  • Rexs Blues
  • Sad Cinderella
  • Saint John The Gambler
  • Second Lovers Song
  • She Came And She Touched Me
  • Sixteen Summers Fifteen Falls
  • Snake Mountain Blues
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  • Snow Dont Fall
  • Snowin On Raton
  • St John The Gambler
  • Still Looking For You
  • Tecumseh Valley
  • Texas River Song
  • The Catfish Song
  • The Hole
  • The Silver Ships Of Andilar
  • Tower Song
  • Turnstyled Junkpiled
  • Two Girls
  • Two Hands
  • Waitin Around To Die
  • Waiting For The Day
  • When He Offers His Hand
  • When Shes Acting This Way
  • When Your Dream Lovers Die
  • White Freight Liner Blues
  • White Freightliner Blues
  • You Are Not Needed Now

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F C F C
Days up and down they come like Rain on a conga drum
C G F C
Forget most remember some but don't turn none away
F C F C
Everything is not enough nothin' is too much to bear
C G F C
Where you've been is good and gone all you keep is the gettin' there


CHORUS:
F C F G
To Live Is To Fly Both low and high
C G
So shake the dust off of your broken wings
F C
And the sleep out of you eyes


Good-by to all my friends it's time to go again
Just think about 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 the things you leave behind

CHORUS

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
The choice is yours to make time is yours to take
Some sail upon the sea some toil upon the stone

FINAL CHORUS:
To Live Is To Fly Both low and high
So shake the dust off of your broken wings
And the sleep out of you eyes
Shake the dust off of your wings
And the tears out of your eyes




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