The Fall Of Troy Tom Waits

> It's the same with men as with horses and dogs Nothing wants to die Evelyn James they killed in a game With guns too big for their hands Just off St.

Little Drop of Poison Tom Waits

I like my town with a little drop of poison Nobody knows they're lining up to go insane I'm all alone, I smoke my friends down to the filter But I feel much cleaner after it rains She left in the

Tom Waits Anouk

I was dreaming last night A figment of my brain On the downtown train And we had nowhere to go So we got off to take a walk In the pouring rain You said you rode it once And you would ride it again Please

Never Let Go Tom Waits

Well, ring the bell backwards and bury the axe Fall down on your knees in the dirt I'm tied to the mast between water and wind Believe me, you'll never get hurt Now the ring's in the pawnshop, the rain's

Please Wake Me Up Tom Waits

I put my chips on her shoulder running in the carnival time she bought the things that I told her they made her eyes sparkle and shine together we'll ring in the new year I know that she'll be my queen

Downtown Train Tom Waits

Outside another yellow moon punched a hole in the nighttime, yes I climb through the window and down the street shining like a new dime the downtown trains are full with all those Brooklyn girls they try

You Can Never Hold Back Spring Tom Waits

You can never hold back spring -Tom waits- You can never hold back spring You can be sure that I will never stop believing The blushing rose that

I Never Talk To Strangers Tom Waits

stop me if you've heard this one i feel as though we've met before perhaps i'm mistaken but it's just that i remind you of someone you used to care about but that was long ago do you think i'd fall for

Barcarolle Tom Waits

A cloud lets go of the moon Her ribbons are all out of tune She is skating on the ice In a glass in the hands of a man That she kissed on a train And the children are all gone into town To get candy and

The Briar And The Rose Tom Waits

I fell asleep down by the stream and there I had the strangest dream down by Brennan Glen there grows a briar and a rose There a tree in the forest but I don？

Old Boyfriends Tom Waits

Old Boyfriends, Lost in the pocket of your overcoat, Like burned out lite bulbs on a Ferris Wheel. Old Boy friends, You remember the kinds of cars they drove, Parking in an orange grove.

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

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

Young At Heart Tom Waits

come true It can happen to you If you're young at heart For it's hard, you will find To be narrow mind And young at heart You can go to extremes With impossible schemes You can laugh when your dreams Fall

Army Ants Tom Waits

The Arachnid Moths lay their eggs inside other insects along the borders of fields or roads in clusters of white cocoons.

Union Square Tom Waits

Well time is always money for the boys on Union Square Go on and bust your ass 'til doomsday, don't forget to say your prayers Someone's riding down the backstreet, said papa got a brand new slack And

World Keeps Turning Tom Waits

On our anniversary There'll be someone else where you used to be The world don't care and yet it clings to me The moon is gold and silvery Who knows where the sidewalk ends Well the road will turn and

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

It's Over Tom Waits

> You must have brought the bad weather with you The sky's the colour of lead All you've left me is a feather On an unmade bed It's always me whenever there's trouble The world does nothing but turn

Chocolate Jesus Tom Waits

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 Bit I know Jesus loves me Maybe just a little bit more I fall on my knees

On The Nickel Tom Waits

sticks and stones will break my bones, but i always will be true, and when your mama is dead and gone, i'll sing this lullabye just for you, and what becomes of all the little boys, who never comb their

Tango Till They're Sore Tom Waits

Well ya play that Tarantella All the hounds they start to roar And the boys all go to hell Then the Cubans hit the floor And they drive along the pipeline They tango till they're sore They take apart their

The Return Of Jackie And Judy Tom Waits

> I left New York in 1949 To go across the country without a bad blame dime Montana in the cold cold fall Found my father in the gambling hall Father, Father where you been?

Opening Montage Tom Waits

[Tom Waits:] I wish I had a dollar for each time I took a chance [Crystal Gayle:] On all those two bit Romeos who counterfeit romance [Tom Waits:] Somehow always thinking of the last time I fell down

Kentucky Avenue Tom Waits

Eddie graces buick got 4 bullet holes in the side Charlie De lisle sittin' at the top of an avocado tree Mrs Storm'll stab you with a steak knife if you step on her lawn I got a half pack of lucky strikes

Get Behind The Mule Tom Waits

Mule In the morning and plow She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow

Falling Down Tom Waits

Petersburg, Scarlett and me Well I open my eyes, I was blind as can be When you give a man luck, he must fall in the sea And she wants you to steal and get caught For she loves you for all that you are

Time Tom Waits

Well the smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street And the shadow boys are breaking all the laws And you’re east of East Saint Louis and the wind is making speeches And the rain sounds

On The Road Tom Waits

I left New York in 1949 To go across the country without a bad blame dime Montana in the cold cold fall Found my father in the gambling hall Father, Father where you been?

Woe Tom Waits

I've never been myself Lived for someone else In the dark I dig into my flesh I'm calling out, I'm calling out I'm crying out for my death I cry in woe Why am I even here?

Home I'll Never Be Tom Waits

I left New York in 1949 To go across the country without a bad blame dime Montana in the cold cold fall Found my father in the gambling hall Father, Father where you been?

Dead And Lovely Tom Waits

She was a middle class girl She was in over her head She thought she would stand up in the deep end He had a bullet proof smile He had money to burn She thought she had the moon in her pocket But now she's

Tom Traubert's Blues Tom Waits

Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did, I've got what I paid for now See you tomorrow, hey Frank, can I borrow a couple of bucks from you To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, You'll go waltzing

Misery Is the River of the World Tom Waits

Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World The higher that the monkey can climb The more he shows his tail Call no man happy 'til he dies There's no milk at the bottom of the

Sins Of My Father Tom Waits

of the grace of your hand The worlds not easy the blind man said Turns on nothing but money and dread Dogs been scratching at the door all nite Long neck birds flying out of the moon light I'm gonna take

The Heart Of Saturday Night Tom Waits

ever seen And you're barrelin' down the boulevard Lookin' for the heart of Saturday night Tell me is the crack of the poolballs, neon buzzin?

Sea Of Love Tom Waits

Come with me my love to the sea The sea of love I want to tell you How much I love you I'm drowning in a sea of love Do you remember the night we met?

Bottom Of The World Tom Waits

lost at the bottom of the world I'm handcuffed to the Bishop and the barbershop liar I'm lost at the bottom of the world Satchel puddin' and Lord God Mose Sittin' by the fire with a busted nose That fresh

Books Of Moses Tom Waits

Books of Moses, bringing stone news Wet in the water, weeping in the sun Books of Moses, got some splinters didn't you Books of Moses, brought me right here back to you Flaming heart, ain't it sweet Lighting

Emotional Weather Report Tom Waits

Well we are talking about late night and early morning low clouds With a chance of fog, chance of showers into the afternoon With variable high cloudiness and gusty winds Gusty winds at times around the

Top Of The Hill Tom Waits

Stop and get me on the ride up (Uh-huh-huh) On the top of the hill I'm only going to the top of the hill New corn yellow and slaughterhouse red The birds keep singin' baby after you're dead I'm gonna

Lowside Of The Road Tom Waits

I'm on a black elevator Goin down Little Joe from Kokomo It rattles to the ground The dice is laughin at the man that he throwed Your rollin over to the Lowside of the road.

whistlin' Past The Graveyard Tom Waits

well i come in on a night train with an arm full of box cars on the wings of a magpie cross a hooligan night and i busted up a chifforobe way out by the cocomo cooked up a mess a mulligan and got into

Jayne's Blue Wish Tom Waits

> The sky holds all our wishes The dish ran away with the spoon Chimney smoke ties the roofs to the sky There's a hole overhead It's only the moon Will there ever be a tree Grown from the seeds I've

On The Other Side Of The World Tom Waits

There's a blue eyed girl with a red bow tie and a string of pearls with one good eye in a rainy town the chimney smoke will curl no one likes clowns on the other side of the world and the children know

Blind Love Tom Waits

station, and I can't get on the train Must be blind love, only kind of love is stone blind love Blind love, the only kind of love is stone blind love With your blind love, oh it's blind love, stone

The Ghosts Of Saturday Night Tom Waits

A cab combs the snake, Tryin' to rake in that last night's fare, And a solitary sailor Who spends the facts of his life like small change on strangers...

Potter's Field Tom Waits

of a blindman's brow i'll start talking from the brim of a thimble full of whiskey on a train through the bronx that will take you just as far as the empty of a bottle to the highway of a scar that stretched

How's It Gonna End Tom Waits

He had 3 whole dollars, a worn out car And a wife who was leaving for good Lifes made of trouble, worry, pain and struggle She wrote 'good bye' in the dust on the hood They found a map of Missouri Lipstick

Green Grass Tom Waits

Lay your head where my heart used to be Hold the earth above me Lay down in the green grass Remember when you loved me Come closer don't be shy Stand beneath a rainy sky The moon is over the rise Think