No Deal - Townes Van Zandt
Written by：Townes Van Zandt
No deal you can't sell this stuff to me
No deal
I'm going back to Tennessee
Now this man down at the used car lot
Tried to sell me four wheels and a trunk
I said man there is no engine
He said the engine's just a bunch of junk
You don't need no engine to go downhill
And I could plainly see that's the direction
You're headed in and he handed me the keyes
And I said
No deal you can't sell this stuff to me
No deal
I'm going back to Tennessee
Well
I went to a doctor of the highest order
He said
I couldn't have a drink for a year
One glass of wine on my birthday
If my birthday wasn't too very near
Lord he must have put me in a state of shock
'Cause I made it for about two weeks
Then he sent me a bill
That knocked me flat off the wagon
And back down on my feet
I said
No deal you can't sell this stuff to me
No deal
I'm going back to Tennessee
When true love knocked upon my door
She'd just barely turned fifteen
And I was a little bit nervous
If you know just what I mean
But I've heard somewhere
That true love conquers all
And I figured that was that
Then I started having dreams 'bout
Being chased out of town
Wearing nothing but my cowboy hat
I said
No deal you can't sell this stuff to me
No deal
I'm going back to Tennessee
Well
I come through this life a stumbler my friends
I expect to die that way
It could be twenty years from now
It could be most any day
But if there is no whiskey and women lord
Behind them heavenly doors
I'm gonna take my chances down below
And of that you can be sure
No deal you can't sell this stuff to me
No deal
I'm going back to Tennessee
No deal you can't sell this stuff to me
No deal
I'm going back to Tennessee
