Townes Van Zandt — All Your Young Servants

[Verse 1] You live on your hill so high and so lonely You toss out your bread crumbs to those down below They think you're a king, but believe me it's only Because they're too blinded to know [Chorus] Your castle is dingy and dirty and dismal Your carpets are faded, your walls are all gray There's dust on your silver and cracks in your crystal And all your young servants have drifted away [Verse 2] There once was a time when your money had meaning Your diamonds had glitter, but now it's all gone It poisoned your laughter and muffled your singing You can't even see that it's wrong [Chorus] Your castle is dingy and dirty and dismal Your carpets are faded, your walls are all gray There's dust on your silver and cracks in your crystal And all your young servants have drifted away [Verse 3] So go back to your sadness, go back to your sorrow I'll make my bed on a hill 'neath the sky And lay there a-listening till the sun comes tomorrow Counting the tears that you cry [Chorus] Ah your castle is dingy and dirty and dismal Your carpets are faded, your walls are all gray There's dust on your silver and cracks in your crystal And all your young servants have drifted away Ah your castle is dingy and dirty and dismal Your carpets are faded...