Many A Fine Lady-Townes Van Zandt

[ti:Many A Fine Lady] [ar:Townes Van Zandt] [al:A Far Cry From Dead] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Many A Fine Lady - Townes Van Zandt [00:11.91]Well it's many a fine lady [00:13.95] [00:14.72]That's walked along beside me [00:16.30] [00:19.04]With their flesh made of velvet [00:21.22] [00:22.06]And their eyes made of rain [00:23.97] [00:26.56]Some tried to hold me [00:28.17] [00:29.41]To hurt me to hide me [00:31.53] [00:32.31]Some turned away [00:35.64] [00:36.17]Not to look back again [00:38.24] [00:41.20]One stood among them [00:42.62] [00:44.08]I remember most clearly [00:45.59] [00:48.42]Well her sorrows were heavy [00:50.20] [00:51.22]And her laughter was slow [00:52.88] [00:55.81]I courted her gently [00:57.48] [00:58.62]And I loved her most dearly [01:00.55] [01:03.20]I came her majestic reflection to know [01:07.48] [01:10.64]Her words like a mountain [01:13.28]Stood lonely and lofty [01:15.19] [01:17.87]With her face like a daydream [01:19.98] [01:21.07]And her hair like the shawl [01:23.05] [01:25.72]Worn by a mourner [01:27.48] [01:28.37]As he steals away softly [01:30.23] [01:33.00]From those that would [01:34.98]Have him mourn nothing at all [01:37.82] [01:40.54]Endlessly sorrow rode [01:42.40] [01:43.38]High on the north wind [01:45.20] [01:48.02]Slashing and slicing [01:50.18] [01:51.08]To take him his toll [01:52.98] [01:55.66]Endlessly creatures of darkness were cuttin [02:00.10] [02:02.99]Their paths through the walls [02:05.65]That shelter the soul [02:07.51] [02:40.80]But no longer gypsy lie sadness unending [02:44.64] [02:48.39]Well her eyes they lay hollow [02:52.23]And her face petrified [02:53.11] [02:55.71]Well the sun will go laughin' [02:58.03] [02:58.88]And others condemn him [03:00.79] [03:03.20]But who there among you [03:05.29] [03:06.20]Could have told her good-bye [03:08.06] [03:10.68]Well it's many a fine lady [03:12.73] [03:13.70]That's walked along beside me [03:16.19] [03:18.26]With their flesh made of velvet [03:20.61] [03:21.24]And their eyes made of rain [03:23.17] [03:25.98]Some tried to hold me [03:28.39] [03:29.06]To hurt me to hide me [03:31.25] [03:33.65]Some turned away not to look back again [03:38.66] [03:42.92]Some turned away not to look back again