Anywhere I Lay My Head Tom Waits

My head is spinning round, my heart is in my shoes, yeah I went and set the Thames on fire, oh, now I must come back down She's laughing in her sleeve boys, I can feel it in my bones Oh, but anywhere

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

Good Old World (Waltz) Tom Waits

When I was a boy, the moon was a pearl the sun a yellow gold. But when I was a man, the wind blew cold the hills were upside down.

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

Cold Cold Ground Tom Waits

there's a bell in the tower Uncle Ray bought a round don't worry about the army in the cold cold ground now don't be a cry baby when there's wood in the shed there's a bird in the chimmney and a stone in my

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

I Beg Your Pardon Tom Waits

I'm just a scarecrow with out you baby please don't disappear I beg your pardon dear I gotta a bottle full of trumpet a hatbox full of drum I beg your pardon dear I got upset I lost my head I didn't mean

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

A Good Man Is Hard To Find Tom Waits

Well, I always play Russian Roulette in my head It's seventeen black or twenty-nine red How far from the gutter; how far from the pew I will always remember to forget about you A good man is hard to find

Telephone Call From Istanbul Tom Waits

night long on the broken glass livin in a medicine chest mediteromanian hotel back sprawled across a roll top desk the old monkey rode the blade on an overhead fan they paint the donkey blue if you pay I

I'll Be Gone Tom Waits

Tonight I'll shave the mountain I'll cut the hearts from pharoahs I pull the road off of the rise tear the memories from my eyes and in the morning I'll be gone I drink 1000 shipwrecks tonight I'll steal

Burma Shave Tom Waits

farley granger with his hair slicked back she says i'm a sucker for a fella in a cowboy hat how far are you going he said depends on what you mean he says i'm going thataway just as long as it's paved i

Midnight Lullaby Tom Waits

Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye Hush-a bye my baby, no need to be crying.

Burma-Shave Tom Waits

Said Depends on what you mean He says Im only stopping here to get some gasoline I guess Im going thataway, just as long as its paved And I guess youd say Im on my way to Burma-Shave And with her knees

A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun Tom Waits

the bus stop And they do good business every time it rains For little girls with nothing in their jeans Pretty blue wishes, sweet little dreams And it's raining, it's pouring The old man is snoring Now I

Wrong Side Of The Road Tom Waits

stairs and i'll whittle you a pistol for keeping nightmares of the blinds those sunabitches always seem to sneake up from behind syphon all the gas from your daddys pickup truck fill up johnnys t bird i

The Black Rider Tom Waits

Come on a long with the Black Rider We'll have a gay old time Lay down in the web of the black spider I'll drink your blood like wine So come on in It ain't no sin Take off your skin And dance around your

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.

Hold On Tom Waits

hand, I'm standing right here You gotta hold on Well, he gave her a dimestore watch And a ring made from a spoon Everyone is looking for someone to blame But you share my bed, you share my name

Spidey's Wild Ride Tom Waits

me whipped by the forces that were inside me Loud as the ocean, cold as a desk, red as the water on the river of flesh And he was sewing up his pants while he was shoeing a mule And he was bucking a head

Diamonds On My Windshield Tom Waits

Well these diamonds on my windshield And these tears from heaven Well I'm pulling into town on the Interstate I got a steel train in the rain And the wind bites my cheek through the wing And it's these

'Til The Money Runs Out Tom Waits

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

Circus Tom Waits

lost another tipsy sailor And over in the burnt yellow tent by the frozen tractor, the music was like electric sugar And Zuzu Bolin played 'Stavin' Chain' and Mighty Tiny on the saw and he threw his head

Barber Shop Tom Waits

cracker jacks shoe shine jaw breaker magazine racks hangin round the barber shop a side burnin close crop mornin mr. furgeson what's the good word witcha been stayin outa trouble like a good boy should i

Swordfishtrombone Tom Waits

Well he came home from the war with a party in his head and modified Brougham DeVille and a pair of legs that opened up like butterfly wings and a mad dog that wouldn't sit still he went and took

Frank`s Wild Years Tom Waits

Well he came home from the war with a party in his head and modified Brougham DeVille and a pair of legs that opened up like butterfly wings and a mad dog that wouldn't sit still he went and took

Diamonds On My Windshield (Looking For) Tom Waits

Well these diamonds on my windshield And these tears from heaven Well I'm pulling into town on the Interstate I got a steel train in the rain And the wind bites my cheek through the wing And it's

Poor Edward Tom Waits

On the back of his head he had another face Was it a woman's face or a young girl?

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 til yesterday is here

I'll Shoot The Moon Tom Waits

eyes For you babyI want to take you Out to the fair Here's a red rose Ribbon for your hairI'll shoot the moon Right out of the sky For you baby I'll shoot the moon For youA vulture circles Over your head

Jockey Full Of Bourbon Tom Waits

pistol but the gun won't shoot I'm in the corner on the pouring rain Sixteen men on a dead man's chest And I've been drinking from a broken cup Two pairs of pants and a mohair vest I'm full of bourbon, I

World Keeps Turning Tom Waits

On his hand he wore the ring of another The world keeps turning the world keeps turning We broke the bank and we tore up the place We disappeared oh without a trace Now the sun it falls into the sea I

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

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

Pony Tom Waits

I've seen it all boys I've been all over Been everywhere in the Whole wide world I rode the high line With old blind Darby I danced real slow With Ida Jane I was full of wonder When I left Murfreesboro

Lord I've Been Changed Tom Waits

Woah I, know I've been changed And I know I've been changed I know I've been changed Angels in heaven done sign my name Angels in heaven done sign my name Well, I know I got religion, Lord knows I'm not

Goin\' Out West Tom Waits

Well I\'m goin\' out west Where the wind blows tall \'Cause Tony Franciosa Used to date my ma They got some money out there They\'re giving it away I\'m gonna do what I want Do what I want And

Blue Valentines Tom Waits

She sends me blue valentines All the way from Philadelphia To mark the anniversary Of someone that I used to be And it feels just like theres A warrant out for my arrest Got me checkin in my rearview

Woe Tom Waits

Where am I? 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?

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

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?

I Wish I Was In New Orleans Tom Waits

Well, I wish I was in New Orleans, I can see it in my dreams, Arm-in-arm down Burgundy, a bottle and my friends and me Hoist up a few tall cool ones, play some pool and listen To that tenor saxophone

Trampled Rose Tom Waits

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 trampled

Picture In A Frame Tom Waits

Sun come up it was blue and gold Sun come up it was blue and gold Sun come up it was blue and gold Ever since I put your picture In a frame.

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

01' '55 Tom Waits

Well my time went so quickly, I went lickety-splickly out to my old '55 As I drove away slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling alive.

Ol' '55 Tom Waits

Well my time went so quickly, I went lickety-splickly out to my old '55 As I drove away slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling alive.

Ol' 55 Tom Waits

Well my time went so quickly I went lickety splickly out to my old '55 As I drove away slowly feeling so holy God knows I was feeling alive Now the sun's coming up I'm riding with Lady Luck freeway cars

Train Song Tom Waits

Well I broke down in E. St.

I Can't Wait To Get Off Work Tom Waits

I got money to spend on my gal, But the work never stops, and I'll be busting my chops Working for Joe and Sal.