Sanitaruim Blues letra

The folks, they just can't take no more
Throw you in the back seat, slam the door
No stoppin' as down the road you go
Go not time to lose

Gigantic one way gate ahead
You're thinkin' man I'd as soon be dead
They decided to give you life instead
The sanitarium blues

Big ole nurse all dressed in white
Slaps you on a table in the middle of the night
Then he straps you down real tight
You're wonderin', what'd I do?

They hose you down, make sure you're clean
Wrap you up in hospital green
Shoot you full of Thorazine
The sanitarium blues

Could be TB or maybe a tumor
Eavesdropping on the doctors, listening to the rumors
Can't see your friends, hear the hum of the wheels
Hey my man, you know how it feels
Like the sanitarium blues

They upon some sunlit day
They figure there's no need for you to stay
They're pretty sure you can't be cyred
So they send you on your merry way

You hit the pavement, hang around
Nobody's on the outside to be found
You're just tryin' to stay above the ground
You start to thinkin', what's the use?
The sanitarium blues

Townes Van Zandt - Letras

• (Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria
• A Song For
• Ain't leavin' Your Love
• All Your Young Servants
• Announcement
• At My Window
• Be Here To Love Me
• Billy, Boney and Ma
• Blaze's blues
• Blue Ridge Mountains
• Blue Wind Blew
• Brand New Companion
• Brother Flower
• Buckskin Stallion Blues
• BW Railroad Blues
• Catfish song
• Colorado Girl
• Columbine
• Come Tomorrow
• Cowboy junkies lament
• Dead flowers (Jagger/Richards)
• Delta Momma Blues
• Dollar bill blues
• Don't let the sunshine fool ya' (Guy Clark)
• Don't you take it too bad
• Fare thee well, Miss Carousel
• FFV
• Flyin' Shoes
• For The Sake Of The Song
• Fraternity blues
• Fraulein
• Goin' down to Memphis
• Gone too long
• Gone, gone blues
• Greensboro woman
• Heavenly Houseboat Blues
• Hey Willie boy
• High, Low and In between
• Highway kind
• Honky tonkin'
• I'll Be Here in the Morning
• If I Needed You
• If I was Washington
• Kathleen
• Katie Belle blue
• Like a summer thursday
• Loretta
• Lover's lullaby
• Lungs
• Many a fine a lady
• Marie
• Mr Gold and Mr Mud
• My proud mountains
• Niles river blues
• Nine pound hammer
• No Deal
• No Lonesome Tune
• No place to fall
• None But The Rain
• Nothin
• Only him or me
• Our Mother The Mountain
• Pancho And Lefty
• Pueblo waltz
• Rake
• Rex's blues
• Sad Cinderella
• Sanitaruim Blues
• Second lovers song
• She Came And She Touched Me
• Shrimp song
• Silver Ships Of Andilar
• Sixteen summers, fifteen falls
• Snake Mountain Blues
• Snake Song
• Snow don't fall
• Snowin on Raton
• Squash
• St John The Gambler
• Standin'
• Still looking for you
• Talkin' karate blues
• Talking thunderbird blues
• Tecumseh Valley
• The Hole
• The silver ships of Andilar
• The spider song
• To Live is to Fly
• Tower Song
• Turnstyled, Junkpiled
• Two girls
• Two hands
• Upon my soul
• Velvet voices
• Waitin' For The Day
• Waiting Around To Die
• When He offers his hand
• When she don't need me
• When Your Dream Lovers Die
• Where I Lead Me
• White freight liner blues
• Why she's acting this way
• You are not needed now