Daniel Johnston - Most Beautiful Widow (Sparklehorse cover)

Danny & The Nightmares (Daniel Johnston) perform Most Beautiful Widow by Sparklehorse for the tribute album That Horse Yonder: The Songs of Sparklehorse. Daniel and Mark were close friends and when Mark received the money raised for this tribute album, which was supposed to help Mark out of the financial straits he was in at the time, he decided to give the money to his friend Vic Chesnutt instead, as he thought Vic was in greater need than himself. Sadly, Vic passed away not long after, followed not long after by Mark. Rest in peace Mark and Vic and godspeed, Daniel.

We were both standing in your mother's living room
Sweating up a storm in that terrible month of June
And the sweat rolled down your cheek and into your mouth
I knew this must've been a dream
'Cause you're mother would never let me in her house

You are the most beautiful widow
You are the most beautiful widow
You are the most beautiful widow in town

Many years later the glassy month of December
I stood with my hands in my pockets trying to avoid
A shiny wedding portrait, hanging on that old woman's wall
'Cause I knew you'd be wearing a smile, that'd be too painful to look upon

You are the most beautiful widow
I bet you are the most beautiful widow
I bet you are the most beautiful widow in town