Quicksilver Daydreams Of Maria - Original-Townes Van Zandt

[ti:Quicksilver Daydreams Of Maria - Original] [ar:Townes Van Zandt] [al:Townes Van Zandt] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Quicksilver Daydreams Of Maria - Original - Townes Van Zandt [00:06.58]Well a diamond fades quickly when matched to the face of Maria [00:19.20]All the harps they sound empty when she lifts her lips to the sky [00:31.85]The brown of her skin makes her hair seem a soft golden rainfall [00:44.43]That spills from the mountains to the bottomless depths of her eyes [00:56.98]Well she stands all around me her hands slowly sifting the sunshine [01:09.09]All the laughter that linger down deep 'neath her smilin' is free [01:21.87]Well it spins and it twirls like a hummingbird lost in the morning [01:34.67]Then caresses the south wind and silently sails to the sea [01:40.82] [01:47.20]So as softly she wanders I'll desperately follow her footsteps [01:59.74]And I'll chase after shadows that offer a trace of her sigh [02:12.37]Ah they promise eternally that she lies hidden within them [02:24.81]But I find they've decieved me and sadly I bid them goodbye [02:37.24]So the serpent slide softly away with his moments of laughter [02:50.26]And the the old washer woman has finishe her cleanin' and gone [03:02.80]But the bamboo hang heavy in the bondage of quicksilver daydreams [03:15.45]And a lonely child longingly looks for a place to belong