Two Girls

(Townes Van Zandt)

The clouds didn't look like cotton

They didn't even look like clouds

I was underneath the weather

All my friends look like a crowd

The swimmin' hole was full of rum

And I tried to find out why

All I learned was this, my friend

You got to swim before you fly

I got two girls

One's in heaven, one's below

One I love with all my heart

And one I do not know

Two lonesome dudes on a ugly horse

Passed by not long ago

They asked me where the action was

I said that 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

I got two girls

One's in heaven, one's below

One I love with all my heart

And one I do not know

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

I got two girls

One's in heaven, one's below

One I love with all my heart

And one I do not know

Cold down on the bayou

They say it's in your mind

But the moccasins are treadin' lee

And leavin' strange designs

The Cajun say the last time

This happened they weren't here

Beaumont's full of penguins

And I'm playin' it by ear

I got two girls

One's in heaven, one's below

One I love with all my heart

And one I do not know