Townes Van Zandt - Rake

Well, I used to wake and run with the moonI lived like a rake and a young manI covered my lovers with flowers and woundsMy laughter the devil would frightenThe sun she would come and beat me back downBut every cruel day had it's nightfallI'd welcome the stars with wine and guitarsFull of fire and forgetfulWell, my body was sharp, the dark air cleanAnd outrage my joyful companionWhisperin' women how sweet did they seemKneelin' for me to command themAnd time was like water but I was the seaI wouldn't noticed it passin'Except for the turnin' of night into dayAnd the turnin' of day into cursin'Well, you look at me now, don't think I don't knowWhat all your eyes are a-sayin'Does he want us to believe these ravings and liesThey're just tricks that his brains been a playin'?A lover of women he can't hardly standHe trembles, he's bent, he's brokenI've fallen, it's true but I say to youHold your tongues until after I've spokenI was takin' my pride in the pleasures I'd knownI laughed and said I'll be forgivenBut my laughter turned 'round eyes blazing and saidMy friend, we're holdin' a weddingI buried my face but it spoke once againThe night to the day we're a bindin'And now the dark air is like fire on my skinAnd even the moonlight is blindingNow the dark air is like fire on my skinAnd even the moonlight is blinding