\n1. januar 1997, alts\u00e5 for ti \u00e5r siden i dag, d\u00f8de den fremragende sangskriver og sanger Townes Van Zandt. Mange af os er nok f\u00f8rst blevet introduceret for Townes gennem sidste \u00e5rs Rhonda Harris-udgivelse Tell The World We Tried, hvor Nikolaj N\u00f8rlund synger ti af hans allerbedste sange i nogle \u00e5bne og meget vellykkede versioner. Ordene til en af disse, Waiting Around To Die, i\u00f8vrigt den f\u00f8rste sang Townes nogensinde skrev, kan ses her nedenfor – noget af en usentimental begyndelse. Udover Rhonda Harris’ Tell The World We Tried og selvf\u00f8lgelig Townes Van Zandt’s egne plader, skal ogs\u00e5 filmen Be Here To Love Me, en sand doku-perle om og med ham, anbefales her. I netop den udtaler Townes om sin musik, at han regner med den vil vare l\u00e6ngere end hans egen livsbane. En sand profeti, skulle det hurtigt vise sig. Oplev Waiting Around To Die: http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=xTGKzWDakK8<\/p>\n
WAITING AROUND TO DIE<\/p>\n
Sometimes I dont know where
\nThis dirty road is taking me
\nSometimes I can’t even see the reason why
\nI guess I keep a-gamblin’
\nLots of booze and lots of ramblin’
\nIts easier than just waitin’ around to die<\/p>\n
One time, friends, I had a ma
\nI even had a pa
\nHe beat her with a belt once cause she cried
\nShe told him to take care of me
\nHeaded down to Tennessee
\nIts easier than just waitin’ around to die<\/p>\n
I came of age and I found a girl
\nIn a Tuscaloosa bar
\nShe cleaned me out and hit in on the sly
\nI tried to kill the pain, bought some wine
\nAnd hopped a train
\nSeemed easier than just waitin’ around to die<\/p>\n
A friend said he knew
\nWhere some easy money was
\nWe robbed a man, and brother did we fly
\nThe posse caught up with me
\nAnd drug me back to Muskogee
\nIt’s two long years I’ve been waitin’ around to die<\/p>\n
Now I’m out of prison
\nI got me a friend at last
\nHe don’t drink or steal or cheat or lie
\nHis name’s codine
\nHe’s the nicest thing I’ve seen
\nTogether we’re gonna wait around and die
\nTogether we’re gonna wait around and die<\/p>\n
\u00a9 Townes Van Zandt<\/p>\n