Townes Van Zandt - The Hole Lyrics
By townes van zandtThe old woman finally caught meSneakin round her caveHer hair looked just like barbwire, boysAnd her smile just like the graveShe asked me could I stay awhileI said Id better goShe slid her arm around my neckAnd sweetly whispered noIts cold and dark and lonely hereAs soon enough youll seeIm oh so glad you stumbled inIve been cravin companyI cannot stay too long you knowI left some friends at homeDont you fret about your friendsDown here were all aloneWhat about my motherI cant just leave her there to mournYou dont have to think about herJust forget you were ever bornIll disappoint my fatherYou know he worked so hard for meIf you have to pay your father backJust send him some miseryIll miss, I said, a girl I knowI cant just leave there to pineShes still got plenty of men to goIm sure shell do just fineWhat about my little boyShe said, hes just like youLet a few short years roll byHell end up down here tooThen her pale green eyes began to glowShe placed her hand on mineShe smiled and said dont worryYoull get used to me in timeAs her cold tongue flickered towardI spun myself aroundMade a dive for the passagewayBut the walls come crashing downNow her eyes were the only lightMy fevered brain could seeBut I tore myself away from themAnd fell down to my kneesIve come too far, I cant get backI beseeched the gods of menFame and fortune just laughed at meThen silence once againA whisper deep withinEmbrace the God of loveI lifted my face and through the tearsI saw light fall from aboveI hurled myself into the wallI ripped and clawed my wayThrough the stinkin, clingin loamBack to the light of dayI crawled out into the wind againThe sky upon my faceI heard the earth sigh patientlyAs it slid back into placeNow Im back among the ones I loveIm loved by them in turnAnd its only on the darkest nightThat green eyed memory burnsSo walk my friends, in the light of dayDont go sneakin round no holesThere justmight be something down thereWants to gobble up your soul
