Lyrics Talking Thunderbird Blues - Live - Townes Van Zandt
Among
the
strangest
things
I
ever
heard
Was
when
a
friend
of
mine
said
"man,
let′s
get
some
thunderbird"
I
said
"what's
that?
" he
just
started
to
grin
Slobbered
on
his
shirt,
his
eyes
got
dim
He
said
"you
got
fifty-nine
cents?
"
I
said
"yeah,
I
got
a
dollar,
but
don′t
be
a
smart-aleck
I
ain't
gonna
spend
it
on
no
indian
relic"
And
he
said
"thunderbird's
not
an
old
indian
trinket,
It′s
a
wine,
man,
you
take
it
home
and
drink
it."
I
said
"it
sure
don′t
sound
like
wine
to
me"
And
he
said
he'd
bet
me
the
change
from
my
dollar
We
hustled
on
down
to
the
nearest
u-tate-um
The
guy
wanted
my
id,
I
whipped
her
out
and
showed
him
He
got
a
green
bottle
from
the
freezing
vault
My
friend
started
doing
backward
somersaults
Through
the
cottage
cheese
Took
it
back
to
his
house,
started
drinkin′
Pretty
soon
I
set
in
to
thinkin'
"Man,
this
thunderbird
tastes
yummy,
yummy,
yummy
And
I
know
it′s
doing
good
things
to
my
tummy,
tum...,
t..."
It's
so
you
reason
when
your
on
that
crap
Got
a
few
more
bottles,
chugged
them
down
I
pulled
myself
up
off
the
ground
Decided
I
go
see
my
dearest
sweet
wife
Who
met
me
at
the
door
with
a
carving
knife
Said
"get
them
damn
grape
peel
from
between
your
teeth."
I
could
see
we′re
gonna
have
a
little
misunderstanding
I
said
"dear,
I
better
get
in
touch
with
you
later"
She
said
"forget
it,
man,
you're
never
touchin'
me
again!"
Now
I′ve
seen
the
light
and
heard
the
word
And
I′m
staying
away
from
that
ol'
dirty
thunderbird
A
message
come
from
heaven
radiant,
and
fine,
All
I
drink
now
is
communion
wine
Six
days
a
week
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2 Pancho & Lefty - Live
3 Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold - Live
4 Don't You Take it Too Bad - Live
5 Two Girls - Live
6 Fraternity Blues - Live
7 If I Needed You - Live
8 Brand New Companion - Live
9 White Freightliner Blues - Live
10 To Live Is to Fly
11 She Came and She Touched Me - Live
12 Talking Thunderbird Blues - Live
13 Rex's Blues - Live
14 Nine Pound Hammer - Live
15 For The Sake Of The Song - Live
16 Chauffeur's Blues (Live)
17 No Place to Fall (Live)
18 Loretta (Live)
19 Kathleen (Live)
20 Why She's Acting This Way - Live
21 Cocaine Blues (Live)
22 Who Do You Love (Live)
23 Tower Song - Live
24 Waiting 'Round to Die (Live)
25 Tecumseh Valley (Live)
26 Lungs - Live
27 Only Him or Me (Live)
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