Two Girls

<br>By townes van zandt<br><br><br><br>Well, the clouds didnt look like cotton<br><br>They didnt even look like clouds<br><br>I was underneath the weather<br><br>My friends looked a crowd<br><br>The swimmin hole was full of rum<br><br>I tried to find out why<br><br>All I learned was this my friend<br><br>You got to swim before you fly<br><br><br><br><br><br>I got two girls<br><br>Ones in heaven and ones below<br><br>Oh, one I love with all my heart<br><br>And one I do not know.<br><br><br><br><br><br>Two lonesome dudes on an ugly horse<br><br>Passed by not long ago<br><br>They asked me where the action was<br><br>I said I did not know<br><br>As they disappeared into the brush<br><br>I heard the driver say<br><br>Hes a little slow between the ears<br><br>Hes always been that way.<br><br><br><br><br><br>Jolly jane just lays around<br><br>And listens with her mouth<br><br>Shes had about a dozen husbands<br><br>But the last one pulled out<br><br>Now, whos gonna bring her dinner<br><br>Through the weary years ahead<br><br>All shell get from me is sympathy<br><br>Got no time to see shes fed.<br><br><br><br><br><br>Its cold down on the bayou<br><br>They say its in your mind<br><br>But the moccasins are treadin ice<br><br>And leavin strange designs<br><br>Cajuns say the last time<br><br>That this happend they werent here<br><br>All beaumonts full of penguins<br><br>And Im a-playin it by ear.