“Clay Pigeons / Election Day / Waiting Around to Die” (Blaze & Townes Medley) (Live w/ Robbie Dammit)
Original works by Blaze Foley and Townes Van Zandt and licensed for “Live at Blue Jay Listening Room”
(Verse 1 - from “Clay Pigeons”)
I’m goin’ down to the Greyhound station
Gonna get a ticket to ride
Gonna find that lady with two or three kids
And sit down by her side
Ride ’til the sun comes up and down
Around me ‘bout two or three times
Smokin’ cigarettes in the last seat
Try to hide my sorrow from the people I meet
And get along with it all
Go down where people say y’all
Sing a song with a friend
Change the shape I’m in
And get back in the game
Start playin’ again
(Verse 2 - from “Election Day” - sung by Robbie Dammit)
Hey there, Mr. Policeman, please don’t take my stuff
It cost me too much money, and it surely ain’t enough
To get me through Election Day
Didn’t I hear you say, “It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright?”
It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright
(Instrumental)
(Verse 3 - from “Clay Pigeons”)
I'm tired of runnin’ ‘round lookin’ for answers
To questions that I already know
I could build me a castle of memories
Just to have somewhere to go
Count the days and the nights
That it takes to get back in the saddle again
Feed the pigeons some clay
Turn the night into day
Start talkin’ again when I know what to say
(Instrumental)
(Verse 4 - from “Waiting Around to Die”)
Sometimes I don’t know where
This road is taking me
Sometimes I don’t know the reason why
I guess I’ll keep a-gamblin’
Lots of booze and lots of ramblin’
It's easier than waitin’ round to die
It’s easier than waitin’ round to die