Townes Van Zandt - I'll be here in the morning

There's no stronger wind than the one that blows
Down a lonesome railroad line
No prettier sight than looking back
On a town you left behind
There is nothin' that's as real
As a love that's in my mind

Close your eyes
I'll be here in the morning
Close your eyes
I'll be here for a while

There's lots of things along the road
I'd surely like to see
I'd like to lean into the wind
And tell myself I'm free
But your softest whisper's louder
Than the highway's call to me

Close your eyes
I'll be here in the morning
Close your eyes
I'll be here for a while

All the mountains and the rivers
And the valleys can't compare
To your blue lit dancin' eyes
And yellow shining hair
I could never hit the open road
And leave you layin' there

Close your eyes
I'll be here in the morning
Close your eyes
I'll be here for a while

Lay your head back easy, love,
Close your cryin' eyes
I'll be layin' here beside you
When the sun comes on the rise
I'll stay as long as the cuckoo wails
And the lonesome bluejay cries

Close your eyes
I'll be here in the morning
Close your eyes
I'll be here for a while

Close your eyes
I'll be here in the morning
Close your eyes
I'll be here for a while 

I don't know what it is about this song. It's my new all-time favorite. Something about it grasps me and has me listening to it over and over. I like how it captures the duality between wanting to see places and wanting to be with the one you love. I like how he says nothing's prettier than a town you've just left behind, on to the next one and how nothing's "as real as a love that's in my mind". I like how it says "I'd like to lean into the wind and tell myself I'm free but your softest whisper's louder than the highway's call to me" and how that sounds like some contradictio in terminis. I like how it says "I'll be here for a while" and not forever. Coming from Townes, as I've read, indeed there's probably no way it would have been forever. Which makes the song all the more true. I like how that suggests that one day the highway's call will probably be louder. I like how it says what I'm looking for, how I feel, and how, one day, I'd like someone to sing this song to me. I've recently been listening to Blaze Foley and Townes Van Zandt and I don't know how, country/folk isn't usually my kind of music, but their music really appeals to me. Something about my set of mind that evening made me fall totally in love with their songs. It doesn't even matter. They're here to stay. Their cds are hard to find in my regular shop(s), but there's a whole series of them along Avenue Anspach and around that I haven't checked yet. If that doesn't help, there's always the internet. With these words, I'll go back listening to Townes Van Zandt.

(PS. I also like how his name clearly derives from Dutch).

[.: To live is to fly, low & high, so shake the dust off of your wings and the sleep out of your eyes :.]