The One That Got Away Tom Waits

talking 'bout the one that got away Could have been on Easy Street, could have been a wheel, With irons in the fire and all them business deals But the last of the big-time losers shouted before he drove

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

All The Time Tom Waits

> You're the tree That you can't eat the fruit from I heard horse come to ride me away I want shade And a good place to shoot from If I's a clock I'd be the end of the day You know you're not the boss

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

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

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

Singapore Tom Waits

bone and cleaver choose while making feet for children shoes Through the alley, back from hell, when you hear that steeple bell You must say goodbye to me Wipe him down with gasoline 'til his arms are

Martha Tom Waits

this is old Tom Frost, And I am calling long distance, don't worry 'bout the cost.

Step Right Up Tom Waits

Step right up, step right up, step right up, Everyone's a winner, bargains galore That's right, you too can be the proud owner Of the quality goes in before the name goes on One-tenth of a dollar,

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

God's Away On Business Tom Waits

I'd sell your heart to the junkman baby For a buck, for a buck If you're looking for someone To pull you out of that ditch You're out of luck, you're out of luck The ship is sinking The ship is sinking

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

Hold On Tom Waits

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 my hand, I'm standing right here You

Frank's Theme Tom Waits

Dream away the tears in your eyes Dream away your sorrows Dream away all your goodbyes Dream away tomorrow I promise when the sun comes up I promise I'll be true and just like before the band starts to

The Part You Throw Away Tom Waits

You dance real slow You wreck it down Then you walk away you turn around What did that old blonde gal say?

9th & Hennepin Tom Waits

Well it's Ninth and Hennepin All the doughnuts have names that sound like prostitutes And the moon's teeth marks are on the sky Like a tarp thrown all over this And the broken umbrellas like dead

9th And Hennepin Tom Waits

Well it's Ninth and Hennepin All the doughnuts have names that sound like prostitutes And the moon's teeth marks are on the sky Like a tarp thrown all over this And the broken umbrellas like dead birds

Virginia Avenue Tom Waits

I'll just get on back into my short, make it back to the fort Sleep off all the crazy lizards inside of my brain.

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

Bad Liver And A Broken Heart Tom Waits

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

Broken Bicycles Tom Waits

Broken bicycles, Old busted chains, Rusted handle bars Out in the rain.

Dog Door Tom Waits

saw a little dog His name is happy Well this is me Don't get close to me now I could be a shopkeeper We'll call 'em She 'bout six foot four Now she's a wrecking-ball Back over here together She brought the

Burma Shave Tom Waits

licorice tattoo turned a gun metal blue scrawled across the shoulders of a dying town the one eyed jacks across the railroad tracks and the scar on its belly pulled a stranger passing through he was a

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

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...

Ice Cream Man Tom Waits

I'll be clickin' by your house about two forty-five Sidewalk sundae strawberry surprise, I got a cherry popsicle right on time A big stick, mamma, that'll blow your mind 'Cause I'm the ice cream

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

Tom Traubert`s Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen) 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

Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen) (LP Version) Tom Waits

Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did, I 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

Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen) 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

Burma-Shave Tom Waits

Licorice tattoo turned a gun metal blue Scrawled across the shoulders of a dying town Took the one eyed Jacks across the railroad tracks And the scar on its belly pulled a stranger passing through Hes

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 Barrelin' down the boulevard You're looking for the heart of Saturday night And you got paid on Friday And

Poncho's Lament Tom Waits

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 And I'm glad that you're gone Got the feeling so strong And I'm glad that you're gone But 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

You Can't Unring A Bell Tom Waits

You can't unring a bell, junior It'll cost ya to get out of this one, junior Cause he's got big plans That don't include you take it like a man cause you, you can't unring a bell, sucker you'll need an

House Where Nobody Lives Tom Waits

And everyone call it The house, the house where Nobody lives Once it held laughter Once it held dreams Did they throw it away Did they know what it means Did someone's heart break Or did someone

Grapefruit Moon Tom Waits

Grapefruit moon, one star shining, shining down on me. Heard that tune, and now I'm pining, honey, can't you see?

Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) 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 Matilda, waltzing Matilda You\'ll

Georgia Lee Tom Waits

Cold was the night, hard was the ground They found her in a small grove of trees Lonesome was the place where Georgia was found She's too young to be out On the street. Why wasn't God watching?

Mr. Siegal Tom Waits

wings on, i told the sun he'd better go back down, and if i can find a book of matches, i'm goin' to burn this hotel down. you got to tell me brave captain, why are the wicked so strong, how do the angels

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

Walk Away Tom Waits

Dot King was whittled from the bone of Cain With a little drop of poison in the red red blood She need a way to turn around the bend She said I want to walk away and start over again There are things I've

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

Children's Story Tom Waits

> Once upon a time there was a poor child, with no father and no mother And everything was dead And no one was left in the whole world Everything was dead And the child went on search, day and night

Blow Wind Blow Tom Waits

Mary's on the black top There's a husband in the dog house In the middle of a shakedown She got quiet as a church mouose She found Raleigh's on the dashboard Sugar daddy caught a polocar Ain't no solitary

Small Change Tom Waits

Well small change got rained on with his own .38 and nobody flinched down by the arcade and the marquise weren't weeping they went stark-raving mad and the cabbies were the only ones that really had it

If I Have To Go Tom Waits

Will you find someone else, while I'm away?

Flowers Grave Tom Waits

Someday the silver moon and I will go to dreamland I will close my eyes and wake up there in dreamland And Tell me who will put flowers on a flower's grave? Who will say a prayer?

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