Hold On Tom Waits

Jim (Chorus) Oh you got to Hold on, Hold on You got to hold on Take my 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

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

Ruby's Arms Tom Waits

goodbye to ruby's arms, although my heart is breaking, i will steal away out through your blinds, for soon you will be waking. the morning light has washed your face, and everything is turning blue now, hold

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

Tango Till They're Sore Tom Waits

they drive along the pipeline They tango till they're sore They take apart their nightmares And they leave them by the door: Let me fall out the window With confetti in my hair Deal out jack or better On

Back In The Crowd Tom Waits

If you don't want these arms to hold you If you don't want these lips to kiss you If you found someone new Put me back in the crowd Put the sun behind the clouds Put me back in the crowd There's a battle

Alice Tom Waits

It's dreamy weather we're on You waved your crooked wand Along an icy pond with a frozen moon A murder of silhouette crows I saw And the tears on my face And the skates on the pond They spell Alice I disappear

Way Down In The Hole Tom Waits

straight and narrow track if you walk with Jesus he's gonna save your soul you gotta keep the devil way down in the hole he's got the fire and the fury at his command well you don't have to worry if you hold

Day After Tomorrow Tom Waits

got your letter today and I miss you all so much here I cant wait to see you all and Im counting the days here I still believe that theres gold at the end of the world And Ill come home to Illinois on

16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six Tom Waits

I plugged 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six and a Black Crow snuck through a hole in the sky so I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule and I made me a ladder from a pawn shop marimba and I leaned it

Somewhere Tom Waits

Time together with time to spare Time to learn, time to care Someday, somewhere We'll find a new way of living We'll find a way of forgiving Somewhere There's a place for us A time and a place for us Hold

Downtown Tom Waits

frankie's wearin' lipstick pierre cardin, i swear to god i seen him holdin' hands with jimmy bond, sally's high on crank and hungry for some sweets, she's fem in the sheets but she's butch in the streets

The Part You Throw Away Tom Waits

Marys prayers, Houdinis hands And a barman who always... understands Will you loose the flowers Hold on to the vase? Will you wipe all those teardrops away from your face?

House Where Nobody Lives Tom Waits

There's a house on my block That's abandoned and cold Folks moved out of it a Long time ago And they took all their things And they never came back Looks like it's haunted With the windows all cracked

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

Lucky Day Tom Waits

The prettiest girl In all the world Is in a little Spanish town But I left her for a Bonnie lass And I told her I'd see her around But that Bonnie lass And her heart of glass Would not hold a candle To

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

If I Have To Go Tom Waits

else's idea I don't belong here, and you can't go with me You'll only slow me down Until I send for you, don't wear your hair that way If you cannot be true, I'll understand Tell all the others, you'll hold

Puttin' On The Dog Tom Waits

the dog tonight We're putting on the dog tonight We'll be p...putting on the dog tonight Putting on, putting on the dog tonight We'll be putting on the dog tonight We'll be putting on the dog tonight

Come On Up To The House Tom Waits

Well the moon is broken And the sky is cracked Come on up to the house The only things that you can see Is all that you lack Come on up to the house All your cryin don't do no good Come on up to

Rains On Me Tom Waits

> This is how the world will be Everywhere I go it rains on me Forty monkeys drowning in a boiling sea Everywhere I go it rains on me I went down into the valley to pray Everywhere I go it rains on

Jockey Full Of Bourbon Tom Waits

Edna Million in a drop dead suit Dutch Pink on a downtown train Two-dollar 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

Hang On St Christopher Tom Waits

Hang on st. christopher through the smoke and the oil Buckle down the rumble seat let the radiator boil got an overhead downshift and a two dollar grill got an 85 cabin on an 85 hill Hang on st

On The Nickel Tom Waits

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 hair, well they're lined up all around the block, on

On The Road Tom Waits

like I love him (just like I love him) I want you to do (I want you to do) Just the same for him (just the same for him, yeah) Well the worms eat away but don't worry watch the wind So I left Montana on

Heartattack And Vine Tom Waits

liar liar with your pants on fire, white spades hangin' on the telephone wire, gamblers reevaluate along the dotted line, you'll never recognize yourself on heartattack and vine.

Top Of The Hill Tom Waits

Stop and get me on the ride up (uh-huh-huh) To the top ... (Can we have a little more on my voice?)

Virginia Avenue Tom Waits

Well, I'm walking on down Virginia Avenue 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?

Gospel Train (Orchestra) Tom Waits

Come on people Got to get on board Train is leavin' And there's room for one more God, don't listen to the devil He got ways to move you This train don't carry no smokers This train...

Gospel Train Tom Waits

Come on people Got to get on board Train is leavin' And there's room for one more God, don't listen to the devil He got ways to move you This train don't carry no smokers This train...

Shiver Me Timbers Tom Waits

I'm leavin' my fam'ly And leavin' my friends My body's at home But my heart's in the wind Where the clouds are like headlines On a new front page sky My tears are salt water And the moon's full and high

Mr. Siegal Tom Waits

all my money in a mexican whorehouse, across the street from a catholic church, and then i wiped off my revolver, and i buttoned up my burgundy shirt, i shot the morning in the back, with my red wings on

Spidey's Wild Ride Tom Waits

> The smoke from the battle fish and the rain soaked through and the wheelman left the shore and barns tumbled and silos flew across fifteen miles bad road tar And big Bull Trometer hung on to the side

Another Man's Vine Tom Waits

Bougainvilleas bloom and wind Be careful mind the strangle vines The rose is climbing over blind 'Cause the sun is on the other side The bees will find their honey The sweetest every time Around a red

God's Away On Business Tom Waits

Killers, thieves, and lawyers God's away, God's away, God's away on Business. Business. God's away, God's away, God's away on Business. Business.

Drunk On The Moon Tom Waits

Tight-slacked clad girls on the graveyard shift Neath the cement stroll Catch the midnight drift Forgot you and Charlie In the newspaperness Grifting hot-horse tips On who's running the best

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

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

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

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

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

Midnight Lullaby Tom Waits

There's dew drops on the window sill, gumdrops in your head Slipping into dream land, you're nodding your head, so dream...

Falling Down Tom Waits

steal and get caught For she loves you for all that you are not When you're falling down, falling down When you're falling down, falling down, falling down You forget all the roses, don't come around on

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

On A Foggy Night Tom Waits

sweet thick [Incomprehensible] or a Broadway arcade Heads you win, tails I loose and ramblin' and gamblin' All upon a foggy night, foggy night Foggy night, foggy night You got to fight [Incomprehensible] on

Underground Tom Waits

Rattle big black bones in the danger zone there's a rumblin' 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

Rosie Tom Waits

Well I'm sitting on a windowsill, blowing my horn Nobody's up except the moon and me, And a lazy old tomcat on a midnight spree All that you left me was a melody. Rosie, why do you evade?

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

Potter's Field Tom Waits

the edge of a maniac's dream that buys a black widow spider with a riddle in his yarn that's clinging to the furrow of a blindman's brow i'll start talking from the brim of a thimble full of whiskey on

Telephone Call From Istanbul Tom Waits

All 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