Blaze's Blues

by Townes Van Zandt

I gotta guitar all my own

I gotta quarter for the telephone

I ain't headed down this highway all alone

One two three and maybe four

Honey, they're knockin' on my door

I know you're gonna miss me when I'm gone

Got no daddy but I got a ma

think she lives in Arkansas

maybe I'll go see her some old day

It ain't like she'd really care

it ain't like she'd pay no fare

but I might just blow on through there anyway

Headed down to Alabam

cause some trouble if I can

Aw, buddy, would you like to come along?

It's a place I never been

and you know I could use a friend

they say they'll give us twenty bucks a song

I gotta guitar all my own

I gotta quarter for the telephone

I ain't headed down this highway all alone

One two three and maybe four

Honey, they're knockin' on my door

you know I'm gonna miss you when I'm gone