The Velvet Voices Lyrics - For The Sake Of The Song - Townes Van Zandt

By Townes Van Zandt 

I'll play upon my violin 

Until the mountains ring 

Of lonely laughter blindly thrown 

And cause an endless sark of strings 

The skies are sad 

They're dancin' to a silent symphony 

And the velvet voices all shall join 

The singing 

The hall is filled to every corner 

By a tinkling hint of chimes 

A melody careens and crumbles 

Leaving just a trace behind 

A rhythm [palter and] faintly fails 

The silver on its wings 

And the velvet voices all shall join 

The singing 

The cymbals flash, the drums they crash 

The trumpets rise the song 

The brass beton plucks its diamonds 

From a glittering wall of almost dawn 

The crystal chords they slash the wind 

In humble majesty 

And the velvet voices all shall join 

The singing