Take Me Home Tom Waits

Take me home you silly boy put your arms around me Take me home you silly boy all the world？s not around without you I？m so sorry that I broke your heart please don？

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

Goodnight Irene Tom Waits

Me and my wife settled down. Now, me and my wife are parted. Gonna take a little stroll downtown. [Chorus] Yeah, sometimes I live in the country And sometimes I live in town.

Telephone Call From Istanbul Tom Waits

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 got a telephone call from Istanbul my baby's coming home

Sins Of My Father Tom Waits

God said don't give me your Tin horn prayers Don't buy roses off the street down there Took it all and took the dirt road home Dreaming of Jenny with the light brown hair Night is falling like a bloody

Virginia Avenue Tom Waits

Harold's club is closing, and everybody's going on home: What's a poor boy to do?

Home I'll Never Be Tom Waits

I've been out in the world and I'm only ten Don't worry about me if I should die of pleurisy Across to Mississippi, across to Tennessee Across the Niagara, home I'll never be Home in ol' Medora, home in

On The Road Tom Waits

I've been out in the world and I'm only ten Don't worry about me if I should die of pleurisy Across to Mississippi, across to Tennessee Across the Niagara, home I'll never be Home in ol' Medora, home in

The Return Of Jackie And Judy Tom Waits

I've been out in the world and I'm only ten Don't worry about me if I should die of pleurisy Across to Mississippi, across to Tennessee Across the Niagara, home I'll never be Home in ol' Medora, home in

Saving All My Love For You Tom Waits

it's too early for the circus, it's too late for the bars, no one's sleepin' but the paperboys, and no one in this town is makin' any noise, but the dogs and the milkmen and me. the girls around here all

Table Top Joe Tom Waits

I knew one day One, one, two, one, two, three Well my mama didn't want me On the day I was born I was born without a body I got nothing but scorn But I always loved music All I had was my hands I dreamed

Train Song Tom Waits

Louis On the Kansas City line and I drunk up all my money that I borrowed every time and I fell down at the derby and now the night's black as a crow It was a train that took me away from here but a train

Singapore Tom Waits

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 of sand You must say goodbye to me

The Fall Of Troy Tom Waits

Charles in No-Mans Land And you'll have to find your own way home, boys You'll have to find your own way home The oldest was Troy, an eighteen year-old boy Shot dead in March with a robbery His brother

Diamonds On My Windshield (Looking For) Tom Waits

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 late nights and this freeway flying It always makes me

Diamonds On My Windshield Tom Waits

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 late nights and this freeway flying It always makes me

Lie To Me Tom Waits

> (You got to) Lie to me baby (You got to) Lie to me baby (You got to) Lie to me baby (You got to) Lie to me baby - move on I know you got another Jockey at home Let me be your rider till your real

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

Pasties And A G-String Tom Waits

stocking, spike-heel shoes, Strip tease, prick tease, car keys blues And the porno floor show, live nude girls, Dreamy and creamy and brunette curls Chesty Morgan and Watermelon Rose Raise my rent and take

Lucinda Tom Waits

Well they call me William the Pleaser I sold opium, fireworks and lead Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers When the shadows get long I be dead Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar Her skin

Ain't Goin Down To The Well Tom Waits

"Well they call me William The Pleaser I sold opium, fireworks and lead Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers When the shadows get long I'll be dead Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar

Lucky Day Tom Waits

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 bumming around So don't cry for me

Take Care Of All My Children Tom Waits

Oh, take care of all my children Don't let 'em wander and roam Oh, take care of all of my children For I don't know when I'm comin' back home You can put all of my possessions here in Jesus' name nail

Rain Dogs Tom Waits

dogs Aboard a shipwreck train, give my umbrella to the rain dogs For I am a rain dog, too Oh, how we danced with the Rose of Tralee Her long hair black as a raven Oh, how we danced and you whispered to me

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

Take It With Me Tom Waits

Phone's off the hook No one knows where we are It's a long time since I Drank champagne The ocean is blue As blue as your eyes I'm gonna take it with me When I go Old long since gone Now way

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

Better Off Without A Wife Tom Waits

Oh it's just kind of little anthem here All my friends are married Every Tom and Dick and Harry You must be strong to go it alone Here's to the bachelors and the Bowery bums And those who feel that they're

Jockey Full Of Bourbon Tom Waits

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 can't stand up Hey little bird, fly away home

Tell It To Me Tom Waits

> They say you're seeing someone, you're wearing his ring They say you laughed when you heard my name They say he takes you dancing, he holds you so near They say he'll buy you anything Tell me am I

Day After Tomorrow Tom Waits

I 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

I'll Take New York Tom Waits

I'll tip the newsboy I'll get a shine I'll ride this dream to the end of the line I'm goin places I'll take a ride Up to the Riverside I'll take NY I'll let it happen I'll pop the cork tear off the wrappin

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

Poncho's Lament Tom Waits

I'm writing And I'm too choked up inside to speak And Yes, I know our differences pulled us apart Never spoke a word heart to heart And I'm glad that you're gone But I wish to the lord that you'd come home

Pony Tom Waits

And I hope my Pony I hope my Pony I hope my Pony Knows the way back home I walked from Natcher To Hushpukena I built a fire by the side Of the road I worked for nothin in a Belzoni saw mill

Little Boy Blue Tom Waits

Come blow your horn The dish ran away with the spoon Home again home again Saturday morn Never gets up before noon She used to render You legal and tender When you used to Send her your promises

01' '55 Tom Waits

Now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks, Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade Just a-wishing I'd stayed a little longer, Oh, Lord, let me tell you

Ol' '55 Tom Waits

Now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks, Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade Just a-wishing I'd stayed a little longer, Oh, Lord, let me tell you

Ol' 55 Tom Waits

knows I was feeling alive Now the sun's coming up I'm riding with Lady Luck freeway cars and trucks Stars beginning to fade and I lead the parade Just a wishing I'd stayed a little longer Oh Lord let me

Coney Island Baby Tom Waits

Every night she comes To take me out to dreamland When I'm with her, I'm the richest Man in the town She's a rose, she's the pearl She's the spin on my world All the stars make their wishes on her eyes

Anywhere I Lay My Head Tom Waits

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 I'm gonna lay my head, I'm gonna call my home

Jersey Girl Tom Waits

m gonna take that ride Across the river to the Jersey side Take my baby to the carnival And I？ll take you on all the rides Down the shore everything？

Gun Street Girl Tom Waits

pawnshop radio, quarter past four He left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door Left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door I said John, John, he's long gone Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home

Hold On Tom Waits

hips She went and took that California trip Well, the moon was gold, her Hair like wind She said don't look back just Come on Jim (Chorus) Oh you got to Hold on, Hold on You got to hold on Take

Is There Any Way Out Of This Dream? Tom Waits

I can see clearly nothing as clear I keep falling apart ev'ry year Let's take a hammer to it There's no glamour in it Is there any way out of this dream I'm as blue as i can possibly be Is there someone

Good Old World (Waltz) Tom Waits

On October's last, I'll fly back home rolling down winding way And all I've got's a pocket full of flowers from my grave But now summer is gone I remember it best Back in the good old world I remember

A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun Tom Waits

But it's raining, it's pouring Didn't bring a sweater Nebraska never lets you come back home No Hollywood wine by the thrifty mart sign Any night I'll be willin' to bet There's a young girl With sweet

In The Neighborhood Tom Waits

Well Big Mambo's kicking his old grey hound and the kids can't get ice cream 'cause the market burned down and the newspaper sleeping bags blow down the lane and that goddamn flatbed's got me

On The Other Side Of The World Tom Waits

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 she'll never let me

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