Townes Van Zandt — Snake Mountain Blues 1999 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 while you die where you stand [Verse 2] Well the Snake Mountain blues they got me down low I could die in the morning and no one would know 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's buried she'd 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 A yellow-headed woman bring ya nothin' but pain Takes all you give her, ah leaves only shame [Verse 5] Well 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', ah callin' me home [Verse 2] Well the Snake Mountain blues they 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, ah and have her a time