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The Late Great TvZ

from My Rocket Ship by Markus Rill & The Troublemakers

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The Late Great TvZ

I only met him just this one time
a few weeks before he passed
a short conversation backstage
but that memory’s gonna last
cause I know I will remember
with every sun that’s gonna rise
he was a drinker and a poet
vulnerable and wise

He didn’t walk on stage, he stumbled
didn’t play guitar, he fumbled
but you could tell he knew the blues
and I could feel he sang the truth
He was kind and he was humble
and not a word was mumbled
they came pouring down like rain
full of sorrow and of pain
full of beauty and desire
rushing like the Rio Grande
the late great Townes van Zandt

He was born of rich folk
down in Houston, Texas
had a bunch of problems
and a bunch of exes
picked guitar like Lightnin’ Hopkins
way back in his prime
lived life to the fullest
and then he made it rhyme

He didn’t walk on stage, he stumbled
didn’t play guitar, he fumbled
but you could tell he knew the blues
and I could feel he sang the truth
He was kind and he was humble
and not a word was mumbled
they came pouring down like rain
full of sorrow and of pain
full of beauty and desire
rushing like the Rio Grande
the late great Townes van Zandt

I’m pretty sure he saw it coming
I bet that he did know
like the migratory bird
can feel the coming of the snow
he himself had been a rambler
traveled far and wide
made him a drinker and a poet
vulnerable and wise

He didn’t walk on stage, he stumbled
didn’t play guitar, he fumbled
but you could tell he knew the blues
and I could feel he sang the truth
He was kind and he was humble
and not a word was mumbled
they came pouring down like rain
full of sorrow and of pain
full of beauty and desire
rushing like the Rio Grande
the late great Townes van Zandt

Words & music Markus Rill

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from My Rocket Ship, released January 18, 2013
Markus - acoustic guitar, vocal
Martin Huch - lap steel

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