From Townes' last studio album before his death, I believe. One should always be careful in assuming that a song is autobiographical, but let's just say this is a song for someone who's spent his whole life traveling, making music, failing to be successful, and who now sees the finish line up ahead much too soon. I always thought the title was a very dry joke, depending on any cover of the song of course listing the songwriter on the record sleeve. After all these years of writing songs for others, here finally is "A Song For (Townes Van Zandt)".
There's a heartbreaking version on the "Together At The Bluebird Cafe" album.
From Townes' last studio album before his death, I believe. One should always be careful in assuming that a song is autobiographical, but let's just say this is a song for someone who's spent his whole life traveling, making music, failing to be successful, and who now sees the finish line up ahead much too soon. I always thought the title was a very dry joke, depending on any cover of the song of course listing the songwriter on the record sleeve. After all these years of writing songs for others, here finally is "A Song For (Townes Van Zandt)".
There's a heartbreaking version on the "Together At The Bluebird Cafe" album.