Snake Song The Nashville Sessions by Townes Van Zandt Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well, you can't hold me, I'm too slippery
I do no sleeping, man I get lonely
But you can touch me if you want to
I got poison, just might bite you

[Verse 2]
We'll lie in circles on the sunlight
Shine like diamonds on a dark night
Ain't no mercy in my smiling
Only fangs and sweet beguiling

[Verse 3]
Well the future he don't try to find me
Skin I've bitten through dies behind me
Solid hollow, wrapped in hatred
Not a drop of venom wasted

[Verse 4]
You can slip in, try to find me
Hold your breath and flat deny me
Makes no difference to my thinking
I'll be here when you start sinking