Townes Van Zandt nació en la ciudad de Fort Worth, en el estado de Texas, en el seno de una adinerada familia relacionada con el negocio del petróleo. Era descendiente de Isaac Van Zandt, que tuvo un importante papel político en la época en que Texas fue un estado independiente.
Comenzó su carrera como cantante de folk a mediados de la década de 1960, tocando en clubes como Sand Mountain y Old Quarter, en Houston (Texas). En su primera época conoció a otros músicos texanos que tendrían una gran influencia en su obra
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 23:05:31 -0500 Subject: Townes Van Zandt, "For the Sake of the Song" "For the Sake of the Song," Townes Van Zandt, from Live at the Old Quarter CD
ADA Why does she sing sad songs for me, I'm not the one DA to tenderly bring her soft sympathy I've just begun EA to see my way clear and it's plain, if I stop I will fall E
A I can lay down a tear for her pain, just a tear and that's all.
DA What does she want me to do? DE she says that she knows that moments are rare DA I suppose that it's true DEDA and on she goes to say I don't care, when I do.
chorus: EA Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song EA and who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong.
She'd like to think that I'm cruel, but she knows that's a lie for I would be no more than a tool if I allowed her to cry all over me.
Oh my sorrow is real even though I can't change my plan If she could see how I feel then I know that she'd understand
Oh does she actually think I'm to blame? Does she really believe that some word of mine can relieve all her pain? Can't she see that she grieves because she's been blindly deceived by her shame?
chorus
Nothin's what it seems, maybe she'll start someday to realize If she abandons her dreams, all the words she can say are only lies when will she see that to gain is only to lose? All that she offers me areher chains, I got to refuse.
Oh but it's only to herself that she's lied she likes to pretend it's something that she must defend, with her pride and I don't intend to stand her and be the friend from whom she must hide.