Townes Van Zandt — Why She’s Acting This Way Our Mother the Mountain Version

[Verse 1] Like silence, she stands, like laughter, she falls From a castle of sand, like a memory, she calls And the mockingbirds grieve 'cause they can't make her cry They'll soon start to believe that the lady has died Oh what it all goes to show it ain't my job to say For who am I to know why she's actin' this way [Verse 2] Oh once again turn away, if you're sure that it's done Tell your prophets to pray, tell your bandits to run Take your eyelids of stone, they won't do you no harm And take your cross made of bones, take your flypaper arms And when everything's placed in your coffin of gold Throw a scarf round your face 'cause the subway gets cold [Verse 3] Pack up your sunflower smile and your bandana blues Take your worthless denials, they're all you've got left to lose Take your Tinker Bell lies and your weary desires Take the tears in your eyes, take your cup full of fire Ah give your lover a call, if your legs start to fail And he'll come break your fall with a bed full of nails [Verse 4] No need to glance back again, there ain't nothin' to see Just this drunken old man and this woman and me And you've made it quite plain that we're just wastin' time And you say it seems strange that I'm staying behind But don't you worry 'bout me, I can make it alone 'Cause I got no place to be and I ain't far from home