When no one cares for you
You’re made of straw
No appointments to keep
No human law
When no one cares for you
You’re made of straw
You’re living on borrowed time
You can’t do nothing right
You can’t commit a crime
When no one cares for you
Well honey you’re made of straw
Your love kathleen is for someone
That i swear i could have been
When no one cares for you
You’re made of straw
You can’t do nothing right
You can’t uphold a law
When no one cares for you
(written by townes van zandt)
Strange to see, the sun don’t shine today
But i ain’t in the mood for sunshine anyway
Maybe i’ll go insane, got to stop the pain
Maybe i’ll go down to see kathleen
Swallow comes, tells me her dreams
Says she’d like to know just what they mean
Feel like i could die as i watch her flying by
Riding the north wind down to see kathleen
Stars hang high with the ocean roar
The moon has come to lead me to a door
It’s crystal `cross the sand, the waves they take my hand
Soon i’m gonna see my sweet kathleen
Soon i’m gonna see my sweet kathleen
(repeat all 3 verses)
By townes van zandt
It’s plain to see, the sun won’t shine today
But i ain’t in the mood for sunshine anyway
Maybe i’ll go insane
I got to stop the pain
Or maybe i’ll go down to see kathleen.
A swallow comes and tells me of her dreams
She says she’d like to know just what they mean
I feel like i could die
As i watch her flying by
Ride the north wind down to see kathleen.
Stars hang high above, the oceans roar
The moon is come to lead me to her door
There’s crystal across the sand
And the waves, they take my hand.
Soon i’m gonna see my sweet kathleen.
Soon i’m gonna see my sweet kathleen.
By townes van zandt
It’s plain to see, the sun won’t shine today
But i ain’t in the mood for sunshine anyway
Maybe i’ll go insane
I got to stop the pain
Or maybe i’ll go down to see kathleen.
A swallow comes and tells me of her dreams
She says she’d like to know just what they mean
I feel like i could die
As i watch her flying by
Ride the north wind down to see kathleen.
Stars hang high above, the oceans roar
The moon is come to lead me to her door
There’s crystal across the sand
And the waves, they take my hand.
Soon i’m gonna see my sweet kathleen.
Soon i’m gonna see my sweet kathleen.
Kathleen : to pan and terry
Blown like a leaf on a warm summer breeze
A vision approached me as cool as you please
With her strawberry hair and a wink in her eye
To say i was smitten would not be a lie
Gathering courage i started to speak
To ask of her name but my heart felt too weak
Like i’d gone to heaven before i had died
I mumbled the question she calmly replied ‘kathleen’
Well i remember my first motorbike
With her riding pillion i’d not heard the like
Of her giggles and squeels as we leaned left and right
And feeling her arms round my chest holding tight
Whilrwind romances were never my speed
But this one took off like a runaway steed
When she said she was having the time of her life
I knew then this vision would soon be my wife, kathleen
Oh kathleen the memories you’ve left me
They’ll be with me through all of my days
Thinking there’s safety in numbers no doubt
Acounts for the fact that the wholw town turned out
To behold how serenely she walked down the aisle
But trembled and blushed as i kissed her sweet smile
Picnics on beaches and punts on the lake
Luck seemed to serve us a slice of life’s cake
That was more than enought to sustain us through years
When laughter would somehow give way to some tears kathleen
Oh kathleen the memories you’ve left me
They’ll be with me through all of my days
Then at the ball she looked ever so sweet
Heavy with child but still light on her feet
Every head turned our way as we whirled o’er the floor
And i love her more than i’d loved her before
(instrumental)
Two caring children siobhan and marie
A grand little grandchild to bounce on my knee
They’re a fine testimonial to all that was right
In keeping our candle of love burning bright, kathleen
Now as my life nears its own eventide
It’s almost as though she were here by my side
Such a presence an aura so perfectly made
My beautiful vision that never will fade kathleen
