Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Townes Van Zandt
Canonical path: /townes-van-zandt/snake-song
Related lyric paths: 6
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Snake Song
Read Snake Song lyrics by Townes Van Zandt on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Snake Song
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You can't hold me
I'm too slippery
I do no sleepin'
I get lonely
You can touch me
If you want to
I got poison
I just might bite you
Lie in circles
On the sunlight
Shine like diamonds
On a dark night
Ain't no mercy
In my smilin'
Only fangs and
Sweet beguiling
Future, he don't
Try to find me
Skin I been through
Dies behind me
Solid hollow
Wrapped in hatred
Not a drop of
Venom wasted
You can slip in
Try to find me
Hold your breath and
Flat deny me
It makes no difference
To my thinkin'
I'll be here when
You start sinkin'
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Townes Van Zandt performs "Snake Song", and this lyric page sits inside the Townes Van Zandt catalog on LyroVerse.
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