Tom Waits

All the World is Green ( Tom Waits )

I fell into the ocean when you became my wife I risked it all against the sea to have a better life Marie, you are the wide blue sky and men do foolish things You turn kings into beggars and beggars into kings Pretend that …

A Sight For Sore Eyes ( Tom Waits )

A sight for sore eyes, It's a long time no see Workin' hard hardly workin', Hey man you know me Water under the bridge, Did ya see my new car Well it's bought and it's paid for, Parked out-side of the bar And hey barkeep …

A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun ( Tom Waits )

Well it's raining it's pouring, you didn't bring a sweater Nebraska'll never let you come back home Hollywood and Vine by the Thrifty Mart sign any night I'll be willin' to bet There's a young girl with sweet little dreams and pretty blue wishes standin' …

Bad Liver and a Broken Heart (In Lowell) ( Tom Waits )

Well, I got a bad liver and a broken heart Yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart And I don't have a drinking problem, except when I can't get a drink I wish you'd a known her, we were quite a …

Chocolate Jesus ( Tom Waits )

Well I don't go to church on Sunday, don't get on my knees to pray. Don't memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way. I know Jesus loves me, maybe just a little bit more. I fall to my knees every …

Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis ( Tom Waits )

Hey Charlie, I'm pregnant, and living on 9th Street Right above a dirty bookstore off Euclid Avenue And I stopped takin' dope and I quit drinkin' whiskey And my old man plays the trombone and works out at the track He says that he loves …

Cold Water ( Tom Waits )

Well I woke up this morning with the cold water With the cold water, with the cold water Well I woke up this morning with the cold water With the cold water, with the cold Police at the station and they dont' look friendly They …

Drunk on the Moon ( Tom Waits )

Tight-slacked clad girls on the graveyard shift 'Neath the cement stroll Catch the midnight drift Cigar chewing Charlie In that newspaper nest grifting hot horse tips On who's running the best And I'm blinded by the neon Don't try and change my tune 'Cause I …

Filipino Box Spring Hog ( Tom Waits )

Well I hung on to Mary's stump, I danced with a soldiers glee With a rum-soaked crook, and a big fat laugh, I spent my last dollar on thee I saw Bill Bones, gave him a yell, Kehoe spiked the nog With a chain link …

Foreign Affair ( Tom Waits )

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Fumblin' With the Blues ( Tom Waits )

Friday left me fumblin' with the blues And it's hard to win when you always lose Because the nightspots spend your spirit Beat your head against the wall Two dead ends and you've still got to choose You know the bartenders They all know my …

Grapefruit Moon ( Tom Waits )

Grapefruit moon, one star shining, shi-ning down on me. Heard that tune, and now I'm pining, ho-ney, can't you see? 'Cos every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks in-side. And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, can't turn back, the tide. Never had, …

Hang Down Your Head ( Tom Waits )

Hush a wild violet, hush a band of gold. Hush you're in a story I heard somebody told Tear the promise from my heart, tear my heart today. You have found another, oh, baby I must go away. So, hang down your head for sorrow, …

Heartattack and Vine ( Tom Waits )

Liar, liar with your pants on fire White spades hanging on the telephone wire Gamblers reevaluate along the dotted line You'll never[(þögn)] recognize yourself on Heartattack and Vine Doctor, lawyer, beggar man, thief Philly Joe Remarkable looks on in disblief If you want a taste …

Hold On ( Tom Waits )

They hung a sign up in our town "if you live it up, you won't live it down" So, she left Marty Rio's son Just like a bullet leaves a gun With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips She went and took that California trip Well, …

I Can't Wait to Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue) ( Tom Waits )

Well, I don't mind working cause I used to be jerkin' off most of my time in the bars I've been a cabbie and a stock clerk and a soda fountain jock jerk and a manic mechanic on cars It's nice work if you can …

I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You ( Tom Waits )

[] Well, I hope that I don't fall in love with you 'Cause falling in love just makes me blue, Well the music plays and you display your heart for me to see, I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for …

I never talk to strangers ( Tom Waits )

Bartender, I'd like a Manhattan please Stop me if you've heard this one but I feel as though we've met before Perhaps I am mistaken But it's just that I remind you of Someone you used to care about Oh, but that was long ago …

Innocent When You Dream ( Tom Waits )

The bats are in the belfry The dew is on the moor where are the arms that held me and pledged her love before and pledged her love before It's such a sad old feeling the fields are soft and green it's memories that I'm …

In the Neighbourhood ( Tom Waits )

Well the eggs chase the bacon round the fryin' pan and the whinin' dog pidgeons by the steeple bell rope and the dogs tipped the garbage pails over last night and there's always construction work bothering you In the neighborhood In the neighborhood In the …

Invitation to the Blues ( Tom Waits )

Well she's up against the register with an apron and a spatula, With yesterday's deliveries and the tickets for the bachelors She's a moving violation from her conk down to her shoes, But it's just an invitation to the blues And you feel just like …

Little Trip to Heaven ( Tom Waits )

Little trip to heaven on the wings of your love Banana moon is shining in the sky I feel like I’m in heaven when your with me I know that I’m in heaven when you smile Though were stuck here on the ground I got …

(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night ( Tom Waits )

Well, you gassed her up, behind the wheel With your arm around your sweet one, in your Oldsmobile Barrellin' down the boulevard, your lookin' for heart of Saturday Night. And you got paid on Friday, and your pockets are jinglin' And then you see the …

Martha ( Tom Waits )

Operator, number please, it's been so many years She'll remember my old voice while I fight the tears Hello, hello there - Is this Martha? - This is old Tom Frost I am calling long distance, don't worry 'bout the cost It's been forty years …

Midnight Lullaby ( Tom Waits )

Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye, Hush-a bye, my baby; no need to be crying. You can burn the midnight oil with me, as long as you will. Stare out at the moon upon the window-sill and dream... Sing a song of …

New Coat of Paint ( Tom Waits )

Let's put a new coat of paint in this lonesome old town set 'em up, we'll be knocking 'em down you'll wear a dress, baby, I'll wear a tie we laugh at that old bloodshot moon, in that burgundy sky all our scribbled love dreams …

Ol' 55 ( Tom Waits )

Well my time went so quickly I went lickety-splitly Out to my ol' fifty-five As I pulled away slowly feelin' so holy God knows I was feelin' alive. And now the sun's comin' up I'm ridin' with Lady Luck Freeway cars and trucks Stars beginning …

Old Shoes (and Picture Postcards) ( Tom Waits )

I'm singing this song, it's time it was sung I been puttin' it off for a while, but it's Hard to cry now, 'cos the truth is so clear But I cry when I'm seein' you smile. So goodbye, so long, the road calls me, …

On the Nickel ( Tom Waits )

Stick and Stones will Break my Bones, But I always will be true, And when your mama is dead and gone, I'll Sing this Lulabye just for you, And what becomes of all the little boys, Who never comb their hair Well they're lined up …

Poncho's Lament ( Tom Waits )

Well the stairs sound so lonely without you And I ain't made my bed in a week Coffee stains on the paper I'm writing And I'm too choked up inside to speak And Yes, I know that our differences pulled us apart Never spoke a …

Rosie ( Tom Waits )

Well I'm sittin on the windowsill, blowing my horn Nobody's up except the moon and me and a lazy old tomcat on a midnight spree All that he left me was a melody Rosie, why do you evade? Rosie how can I pursuade? Rosie The …

Ruby's Arms ( Tom Waits )

I will leave behind all of my clothes I wore when I was with you All I need's my railroad boots And my leather jacket As I say goodbye to Ruby's arms Although my heart is breaking I will steal away out through your blinds …

San Diego Serenade ( Tom Waits )

I never saw the morning 'til I stayed up all night I never saw the sunshine 'til you turned out the light I never saw my hometown until I stayed away too long I never heard the melody, until I needed a song. I never …

Semi Suite ( Tom Waits )

Well, you hate those diesels rollin' And those Friday nights out bowlin' When he's off for a twelve hour lay over night You wish you had a dollar For every time he hollered That he's leavin' And he's never comin' back But the curtain-laced billow …

Shiver Me Timbers ( Tom Waits )

I'm leaving my family I'm leaving all my friends my body's at home but my heart's in the wind where the clouds are like headlines on a new frontpage sky my tears are saltwater and the moons full and high And I know Martin Eden's …

Singapore ( Tom Waits )

We sail tonight for Singapore, we're all as mad as hatters here I've fallen for a tawny moor, took off to the Land of Nod Drank with all the Chinamen, walked the sewers of Paris I danced along a colored wind, dangled from a rope …

Telephone Call from Istanbul ( Tom Waits )

All night long on the broken glass Living in a medicine chest Mediteromainian hotel back Sprawled across a roll top desk. The monkey rode the blade on an overhead fan They paint the donkey blue if you pay I got a telephone call from Istanbul... …

The Heart of Saturday Night ( Tom Waits )

Well, you gassed her up behind the wheel With your arm around your sweet one In your Oldsmobile Hailing down the Boulevard You're looking for the heart of Saturday night And you got paid on Friday And your pockets are jinglin' And you then see …

The Piano has been Drinking ( Tom Waits )

The piano has been drinking My necktie's asleep The combo went back to New York, The jukebox has to take a leak and the carpet needs a haircut? And the spotlight looks just like a prison break And the telephone's out of cigarettes As usual …

'Til the Money Runs Out ( Tom Waits )

Check this strange beverage that falls out from the sky Splashin' Bagdad on the hudson in panther martin's eyes He's high and outside wearin' candy apple red Scarlet gave him twenty seven stitches in his head With a pint of green chartreuse ain't nothin' seems …

Trampled Rose ( Tom Waits )

Woah, woah Woah, woah Long way going to Get my medicine Sky's the autumn grey of a lonely wren Piano from a window played Gone tomorrow, gone yesterday I found it in the street At first I did not see Lying at my feet A …

Underground ( Tom Waits )

Rattle Big Black Bones in the Dan - ger zone there's a rum - blin' groan down below there's a big dark town it's a place I've found there's a world going on underground they're alive, they're awake while the rest of the world is …

Virginia Avenue ( Tom Waits )

Well, I'm walking on down Virginia Aven-ue, Trying to find somebody to tell my troubles to. Harold's club is closing and everybody's going on home; What's a poor boy to do? I'll just get on back into my short; make it back to the fort, …

Wrong Side of the Road ( Tom Waits )

Put a dead cat on the railroad tracks When the wolf bains blooming by the tressel And get the eyeball of a rooster and the stones from a ditch And wash 'em down with bilge water and you say you'll never snitch Take the buttons …

Yesterday is Here ( Tom Waits )

If you want money in your pocket and a top hat on your head a hot meal on your table and a blanket on your bed well today is grey skies tomorrow is tears you'll have to wait till yesterday is here Well I'm going …