| Townes Van Zandt – Two Girls Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think the last line should be: Fort Woth's full of penguins And Im a-playin it by ear. |
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| Townes Van Zandt – Pancho & Lefty Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Ciberratt I think you are right. It is autobiographical, and you noted a couple of significant points, one, that the first verse is the tipoff, and two, that "he is whole in the first verse but then splits into two distinct personalities" . I always felt that he was talking about himself from the first time i heard the song, but later allowed myself to be misled by Townes own explanations. Only later did i realize that Townes would never explain his songs if you asked, they were written for himself and for anyone who could listen and understand. Furhtermore, I propose that Townes (as he used to be) is Pancho, and Lefty is who he had to become (when you said goodbye and sank into your dreams). I invision Townes in a "cheap hotel", sitting on the bed with his guitar, and he looks up at himself in the dresser mirror, and sings this song to himself.(Lefty, because the Townes in the mirror is playing left handed). Pancho and Lefty is more about lamenting for a life surrendered than it is about any "split personality", though. |
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| Townes Van Zandt – Pancho & Lefty Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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