Townes Van Zandt — Snake Mountain Blues 1969 Version

[Verse 1] Mr. Ten Dollar Man, let me tell where you're bound Drink your green liquor, Lord, you'll roll to the ground But you come around here with your money in your hand Taste of my woman, well you'll die where you stand [Verse 2] Well Snake Mountain blues, they got me down low I could die in the morning, but no one would know Well my woman come round, my body she'd find Go down to Dundee, have her a time [Verse 3] Snake Mountain's gonna crumble, Lord, and fall from the sky 'Fore that woman of mine stops tellin' her lies Well if I'd die Lord she'd weep, she'd weep and she'd mourn Soon as I was buried, forget I'd been born [Verse 4] Love a black-skinned woman, she won't do you no wrong Slow to start moanin', she don't moan for long Ah a yellow-headed woman brings nothin' but pain Takes all you give her, well she leaves only shame [Verse 5] Ah my daddy, Lord, he rides on a long holy train First winds of winter, I'll see him again And it's farewell to this yellow-headed misery I've known Snake Mountain's callin', callin' me home [Verse 2] Well the Snake Mountain blues got me down low I could die in the mornin', ain't no one would know My woman come around, my body she'd find Go down to Dundee, have her a time