Townes Van Zandt - Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel (Official Audio)

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  • "Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel" from Townes Van Zandt's album Townes Van Zandt
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    Lyrics:
    The drunken clown's still hanging round
    But it plain the laughter's all died down
    The tears you tried so hard to hide
    Are flowin'
    A blind man with his knife in hand
    Has convinced himself that he understands
    I wish him well, Miss Carousel
    But I gotta be a-goin'
    Won't you come and get me when
    You're sure that you don't need me then
    I stand outside your window
    And proudly call your name
    The ladies been told that all of gold
    Is worth so much it can't be sold
    No time to weep she'll need her sleep
    Tomorrow
    When she carries her face to the market place
    And bets it on the opening race
    She can ring her bells, Miss Carousel
    But her singing brings me sorrow
    It's always done every mother's son
    Is shown that grown men never run
    And so they fight with all the might
    Inside them
    When the battle's been fought and they all been taught
    That the trick is just not being caught
    Will you give them hell, Miss Carousel
    When they're begging you to hide them
    When the need arose your eyes fell closed
    You clamped your fingers round your nose
    Would you say that's any way
    To judge him
    You haven't got the authority
    To kill him in the first degree
    But would you feel compelled, Miss Carousel
    If you have something to begrudge him
    On a velvet beach far beneath the reach
    Of those that come to pray and preach
    The natural man who tries to stand
    Is fallin
    How long will it be before he sees
    You own his legs but his mind is free
    Only you can tell, Miss Carousel
    How long will he be crawling?
    The castle walls has grown so tall
    Seem there ain't no hope at all
    To reach the top even though you stop
    For breathin'
    But I ain't gonna try to make you cry
    The tear drops couldn't find your eye
    It's all been swell, Miss Carousel
    But the time has come for leavin'
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 76

  • @strangehominid
    @strangehominid 10 місяців тому +31

    i work in retail and a coworker of mine plays townes van zandt and other classic country singers on Sundays due to it usually being a wind-down day, country fitting that sort of thing more than the eclectic playlists of what we would otherwise have on. now, country and folk is not my first pick of music, but these songs rock and im eternally grateful for my coworker for introducing them to me

  • @idicula1979
    @idicula1979 2 роки тому +107

    This is as good as anything Bob Dylan has ever written.

    • @jamiehenry3135
      @jamiehenry3135 2 роки тому +35

      Steve Earl said , "Towns van Zandt is the greatest song writer ever and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and tell that to him."

    • @stynershiner1854
      @stynershiner1854 2 роки тому +27

      @@jamiehenry3135 It is not necessary to bring that quote in all of Townes' songs. Getting pretty sick of the comparison. Why can't Townes be himself without being compared? Both Dylan and Townes are amazing songwriters. Enjoy them both.

    • @jamiehenry3135
      @jamiehenry3135 2 роки тому +7

      @@stynershiner1854 Keep scrolling then I guess? The other guy mentioned the comparison so I shared a relative quote that I thought was funny. So how does this work? Since your the internet police do I get off with a warning this time or are ya going to rough me up a little bit? Is there a fine involved?

    • @stynershiner1854
      @stynershiner1854 2 роки тому +3

      @@jamiehenry3135 For every person who quotes this in every TVZ song, CO² increases in the atmosphere. No wonder we have global warming.

    • @jamiehenry3135
      @jamiehenry3135 2 роки тому +6

      @@stynershiner1854 Thank you for your unneeded and unsolicited opinion.

  • @acookie23
    @acookie23 5 днів тому

    This song has so much depth ..made me teary 😢

  • @Emily-pf8jt
    @Emily-pf8jt Рік тому +22

    Well I ain’t gonna try to make you cry, the teardrops couldn’t find your eyes. Poetry.

  • @DougDeYoung-gt4id
    @DougDeYoung-gt4id 4 місяці тому +3

    When she carries it all to the marketplace and bets it on the opening race. She can ring her bell Miss Carousel.

  • @omairsh8
    @omairsh8 Рік тому +29

    This whole album is so well written. Townes was such a great composer and storyteller

  • @feltongailey8987
    @feltongailey8987 6 місяців тому +6

    Mr. Dylan, you still, have so much to learn.

  • @vroyl
    @vroyl 3 місяці тому +2

    Fare thee well, Mr’ townes van zandt

  • @GPsgurl80
    @GPsgurl80 2 роки тому +33

    What absolute perfection.
    You just don't get any better than TVZ. My adoration for him peaks more than for Dylan and I don't care who knows it.

    • @MatthewCastro
      @MatthewCastro 2 роки тому +5

      I wouldn't say I adore one more than the other, they are both amazing in their own ways. But I sure do love Townes.. I almost feel his lyrics are more relatable. And his poetry is so beautiful, and not so cryptic as Dylans. I think Townes background is almost more interesting, and it paints a picture of why Townes is Townes.

  • @eliasmartinez4260
    @eliasmartinez4260 3 місяці тому +2

    "AND PROUDLY CALL YOUR NAME" ❤❤❤

  • @michaelharrington75
    @michaelharrington75 Рік тому +23

    This might be his best album? Every song is a gem!

    • @guywilletts2804
      @guywilletts2804 Рік тому +4

      Our Mother the Mountain is pretty decent too. But hey, who's quibbling. Let's just enjoy. I hope you have a lovely weekend.

    • @michaelharrington75
      @michaelharrington75 Рік тому +8

      @@guywilletts2804 It is. Those are definitely his best two albums.

  • @eddyrocks
    @eddyrocks 2 роки тому +14

    one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

  • @thomasmccue2136
    @thomasmccue2136 2 роки тому +11

    I miss him

  • @idicula1979
    @idicula1979 2 роки тому +11

    A once great paradise of all possibilities, soon becomes our tombs the place where none despite their longings can leave, to their growing aggression . Anyway that is my interpritation of this brilliant, brilliant song.

  • @myersheggood
    @myersheggood 6 місяців тому +2

    A tough hit in the chest. That's where I'm at right now.

  • @alexwatson3142
    @alexwatson3142 7 місяців тому +2

    Brilliant I hear definitely some Harrison style sound to one, good song.

  • @woodbine108
    @woodbine108 4 місяці тому +8

    TVZ is my rebuttal to the "anything except country" folks.

  • @andrewcurry6272
    @andrewcurry6272 11 місяців тому +2

    This would be a cool song for IV and The Strange Band to cover!!!! Great song!!!

  • @dkronts
    @dkronts 5 місяців тому +1

    instant classic

  • @smurder100
    @smurder100 2 місяці тому

    "The tears you tried so hard to hide are flowing"

  • @yzScott
    @yzScott 2 роки тому +15

    30K views? That's near a crime.

    • @assafadut
      @assafadut 2 роки тому +9

      Now almost 40'000.
      Most of them Mine.

    • @greenmanalishi6963
      @greenmanalishi6963 2 роки тому +6

      and a saturated mediocre mumble rapper gets 6 million lol!

    • @larrysawchuk370
      @larrysawchuk370 Рік тому +5

      @@greenmanalishi6963 Nobody said life is fair.

  • @rcmictian8030
    @rcmictian8030 4 роки тому +13

    Excelente!!
    Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel

  • @sharonellis8449
    @sharonellis8449 2 роки тому +6

    Perfection

  • @leandroezequielwinik7757
    @leandroezequielwinik7757 Рік тому +4

    Thanks Townes!

  • @MatthewCastro
    @MatthewCastro 2 роки тому +8

    One of my favorite songs of his! I'm going to do a cover of it soon, just working on memorizing the lyrics.. There are 6 verses. Love this song!

  • @TheKlauscat
    @TheKlauscat 3 роки тому +8

    Love Townes!

  • @christinavincent336
    @christinavincent336 3 роки тому +5

    Great music

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +2

    Great song

  • @touchgrass9363
    @touchgrass9363 Рік тому +1

    I love me some TVZ

  • @nurullahatas5114
    @nurullahatas5114 2 роки тому +3

    true detectiveee

  • @omarmj252
    @omarmj252 2 роки тому +9

    Quien aquí por Nacho Vegas?

  • @johnselden3979
    @johnselden3979 2 місяці тому

    Insert idiotic UA-cam comment here