Two Girls Steve Earle

(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