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The End of a Dream
A tribute to Townes Van Zandt
(© 2012, Roy Williams)

What’s it gonna be maybe a genius or maybe a mad man
The difference a shot glass away
An ounce or a gallon a meal or a song
My body feels weak still I play

The strength of my passion survives every pain
‘Til the straws I grasp come unglued again

Chorus
I built my foundation on whiskey and drugs
Please be here to hold me when it crumbles to dust
If I could ask one thing when my life is just a memory
Take my silent guitar play me a river sing me a sea
Sing ‘til the world overflows in your heart
The End of a Dream’s not a bad place to start

What’s it gonna be my best friend or my own worst enemy
Indifference though free has a price
Reckless abandon why do it why not
I roll with them acid-stained dice

Deserts and cities visions and sounds
I get lost in irrelevance and towns

Chorus
I built my foundation on whiskey and drugs
Please be here to hold me when it crumbles to dust
If I could ask one thing when my life is just a memory
Take my silent guitar play me a river sing me a sea
Sing ‘til the world overflows in your heart
The End of a Dream’s not a bad place to start

There’s a story in sadness poetry in pain meaning in madness call me insane
I write with a bottle play with a gun travel this land on the back of my thumb
Roll down the window light up a spliff and take in the stuff dreams are made of
Watching life unfold through the broken lens of my aching heart

Take my silent guitar play me a river sing me a sea
Sing ‘til the world overflows in your heart
The End of a Dream’s not a bad place to … 

Play me a river sing me a sea
Sing ‘til the world overflows in your heart
The End of a Dream’s not a bad place to start
The End of a Dream’s not a bad place to start

Play me a river (The End of a Dream)
Sing me a sea (not a bad place to start) … … …