Middle 3 verses from "Rex's Blues" by Townes van Zandt.
Legs to walk and thoughts to fly
Eyes to laugh and lips to cry
A restless tongue to classify
All born to grow and grown to die
So tell me baby I said so long
Tell my mother I did no wrong
Tell my brother to watch his own
And tell my friends to mourn me none
I'm chained upon the face of time
feelin' full of foolish rhyme
There ain't no dark till something shines
I'm bound to leave this dark behind
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