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One of Van Zandt’s most famous songs (and certainly his darkest), this fictional account was, according to his first wife , written in a closet in their first few months of marriage. Here is a video of him performing it for friends in a small setting, taken from the film Heartworn Highways.

In an interview with Van Zandt, , Paul Zollo mentioned, “You said “Waiting Round to Die” was your first serious song. You can’t get much more serious than that one.”

Van Zandt replied: “I have a few others like that that I don’t play all the time. I have to watch that when I do shows. I have to stay away from that side, because nobody wants to hear blues on blues on blues.”

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