Who Do You Love

by Townes Van Zandt

From the album: Flyin' Shoes

Duration: 4:05

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Lyrics for Who Do You Love

I walk 47 miles of barbed wire I use a cobra-snake for a necktie Well I got me a house on the roadside Made out of rattlesnake hide Well I got me a chimney made on top Made out of a human skull Come on, take a little walk with me, Arlene And tell me, Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? With a tombstone set in a graveyard's mind Just 31 and I don't mind dying Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? The night was black and the sky was blue Down the alley, an ice-wagon flew A door bumped open and somebody screamed You should have heard just what I seen Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? Well I ride a lion, use a rattlesnake whip Take it easy baby, don't you give me no lip Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? Well Arlene took me by my hand Said "Alright Daddy, I understand" Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? I walk 47 miles of barbed wire I use a cobra-snake for a necktie Well I got me a house on the roadside Made out of rattlesnake hide Well I got me a chimney made on top Made out of a human skull Come on, take a little walk with me, Arlene And tell me, who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love?

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