Townes Van Zandt – Quicksilver Daydreams Of Maria (Guitar)

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Well, the diamond fades quickly when matched to the face of Maria

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All the harps they sound empty when she lifts her lips to the sky

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All the brown of her skin makes her hair seem a soft golden rainfall

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That spills from the mountains to the bottomless depths of her eyes

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Well, she stands all around me, her hands slowly sifting the sunshine

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All the laughter that linger down deep 'neath her smilin' is free

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Well, it spins and it twirls like a hummingbird lost in the morning

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And caresses the south wind and silently sails to the sea

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Ah, the sculptor stands stricken and the artist he throws 'way his brushes

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When her image comes dancin', the sun she turns sullen with shame

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And the birds they go silent, and the wind stops his sad mournful singing

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When the trees of the forest start gently to whisperin' her name

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So as softly she wanders I'll desperately follow her footsteps

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And I'll chase after shadows that offer a trace of her sight

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Ah, they promise eternally that she lies hidden within them

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But I find they've deceived me and sadly I bid them goodbye

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So the serpent slides slowly away with his moments of laughter

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And the old washerwoman has finished her cleanin' and gone

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But the bamboo hangs heavy in the bondage of quicksilver daydreams

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And a lonely child longingly looks for a place to belong