You Are Not Needed Now

High, Low and In Between/The Late Great Townes Van Zandt Standard Tuning D A Well the birds were talkin all at once G And the old man mowin down his lawn A D He didnt look like much too bad a guy And I was thinkin Hang on, man, somethins wrong Your blues they do seem to be gone, Heaven aint bad but you dont get nothin done F# G Lay down your head awhile D A You are not needed now D You are not needed now Well Allison laid an egg on me And every time I turn around Its swimmin through the air above my bed And I told Miss Hicks and she said fine Long as youre back in your room on time Ill keep you clean the girls will keep you fed Lay down your head with mine You are not needed now And we got things to do Well between the blankets made of wool The trains go by every half an hour And a body cant get no restin done its true So I spend my time as best I can Thinkin big and makin plans And wonderin where them trains are rollin to Lay down your head poor boy Feel how the ground does move And hear how them drivers sing Well goodbye friends its time to close Everybody knows thats the way it goes Where was it you lived in case Im ever there? Well three doors down and two behind And it gets a little bit out of hand sometimes Dont let it fool you into thinkin you dont care Lay down your head and fly And Ill quietly pass you by You wont even see me go Well if I thought about it long enough I just might make some kind of move Watchful eyes are too hard on the soul With the smokehouse just across the way And this fog upon the light of day Id be hard pressed comin up with where to go Lay down your head poor boy Feel how the ground does move And hear how them drivers sing And what now my darling one? Well go find a little fun You are not needed now.