Waitin' Around To Die-Townes Van Zandt

[ti:Waitin' Around To Die] [ar:Townes Van Zandt] [al:Legend] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Waitin' Around To Die - Townes Van Zandt [00:09.28]Sometimes I don't know where [00:11.53]This dirty road is taking me [00:13.90] [00:16.14]Sometimes I don't even know the reason why [00:19.36] [00:21.56]I guess I keep a gamblin' [00:23.85]Lots of booze and lots of ramblin' [00:26.42] [00:29.57]Well it's easier than just waitin' around to die [00:33.06] [00:37.68]One time friends I had a ma [00:40.12] [00:40.77]Even had a pa [00:42.69] [00:44.42]He beat her with a belt once cause she cried [00:48.18] [00:49.32]She told him to take care of me [00:52.14]Headed down to Tennessee [00:54.44] [00:57.76]It's easier than just waitin' around to die [01:01.20] [01:08.73]I came of age and I found a girl [01:11.24]In a Tuscaloosa bar [01:13.01] [01:14.93]Ah she cleaned me out and hit in on the sly [01:18.64] [01:20.31]I tried to kill the pain bought some wine [01:23.60]And hopped a train [01:25.01] [01:28.23]It's easier than just waitin' around to die [01:31.81] [01:39.08]A friend said he knew [01:41.32]Where some easy money was [01:43.71] [01:45.73]We robbed a man and brother did we fly [01:49.67] [01:51.08]The posse caught up with me [01:53.22]And drug me back to Muskogee [01:56.52] [01:58.99]And it's two long years waitin' around to die [02:02.88] [02:07.08]Over now I'm out of prison [02:08.95] [02:10.03]I got me a friend at last [02:12.07] [02:14.15]He don't drink or steal or cheat or lie [02:17.62] [02:18.80]All his names Codine [02:21.49]He's the nicest thing I've seen [02:24.40] [02:26.98]We together were gonna wait around and die [02:30.61] [02:32.40]Yeah together were gonna wait around and die