Two Girls - Townes Van Zandt

Well, the clouds didn’t look like cotton

They didn’t even look like clouds

I was underneath the weather

And all my friends looked a crowd

The swimmin' hole was full of rum

I tried to find out why

Well, all I learned was this my friend

You got to swim before you fly

I got two girls

Ones in heaven and ones below

Oh, one I love with all my heart

And one I do not know

Two lonesome dudes on an ugly horse

Passed by not long ago

They asked me where the action was

I said I did not know

As they disappeared into the brush

I heard the driver say

He’s a little slow between the ears

He’s always been that way

Well, Jolly Jane just lays around

And listens with her mouth

She’s had about a dozen husbands

But the last one just pulled out

Now, who’s gonna bring her dinner

Through the weary years ahead

All she’ll get from me is sympathy

Ain’t got time to see she’s fed

It’s cold down on the bayou

They say it’s in your mind

But the moccasins are treadin' ice

And leavin' strange designs

Cajuns say the last time

That this happened they weren’t here

All Beaumonts full of penguins

And I’m a-playin it by ear