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

Strange Weather Tom Waits

Strange a woman tries to save What a man will try to drown. And he's the rain that they predicted, Its the forecast every time.

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

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

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

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

Warm Beer And Cold Women Tom Waits

One of those nights Warm beer and cold women, no I just don't fit in Every joint I stumbled into tonight that's just how it's been All these double knit strangers with gin and vermouth And recycled stories

I never talk to strangers Bette Midler

I never talk to strangers Bette: "Bartender, I'd like a Manhattan, please." Tom: Um, stop me if you've heard this one, but I feel as though we've met before. Perhaps I am mistaken.

If I Have To Go Tom Waits

> And if I have to go, will you remember me? Will you find someone else, while I'm away?

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

Martha Tom Waits

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

San Diego Serenade Tom Waits

I never saw the mornin' 'til I stayed up all night I never saw the sunshine 'til you turned out the light I never saw my hometown until I stayed away too long I never heard the melody until I needed the

Bottom Of The World Tom Waits

My Daddy told me, lookin back The best friend you'll have is a railroad track So when I was 13 I said, I'm rollin' my own, And I'm leaving Missouri and I'm never coming home And I'm lost And I'm lost I'm

Fannin Street Tom Waits

> There's a crooked street in Houston town, It's a well born path I've traveled down Now there's ruin in my name, I wish I never got off the train, I wished I'd listened to the words you said.

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

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

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...

Depot, Depot Tom Waits

Depot, depot, what am I doing here? Depot, depot, what am I doing here?

Old Boyfriends Tom Waits

He fell in love you see, With someone that I used to be.

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

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

Everything Goes To Hell Tom Waits

They only want to get you on your knees There are a few things I never could believe A woman when she weeps A merchant when he swears A thief who says he'll pay A lawyer when he cares A snake when he is

Gun Street Girl Tom Waits

said John, John, he's long gone Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home I said John, John, he's long gone Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home He's sitting in a sycamore in St.

Lost In The Harbour Tom Waits

Over here the ladies all want sweet perfume But there's never a rose And over the roses are frightened to bloom So they never can grow And over here they need wool For weaving their baby's new clothes

Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson) Tom Waits

nighthawks at the diner of Emma's 49er, there's a rendezvous of strangers around the coffee urn tonight all the gypsy hacks, the insomniacs now the paper's been read now the waitress said eggs and sausage

Two Sisters Tom Waits

Oh sister, oh sister, let's walk the seashore Bow, balance to me Oh sister, oh sister, let's walk the seashore And see the ships as they sail in oar" And I'll be true to my love if my love'll be true to

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

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

How's It Gonna End Tom Waits

Behind a smoke colored curtain, the girl disappeared They found out that the ring was a fake A tree born crooked, will never grow straight She sunk like a hammer into the lake A long lost letter and

It's Over Tom Waits

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 And the ring it fell off my finger I

Just The Right Bullets Tom Waits

There is a light in the forest There is a face in the tree I'll pull you out of the And the first one's always free You can never go hunting With just a flintlock and a hound You won't go home with a bunting

Straight To The Top (Rhumba) Tom Waits

I'm going straight to the top oh yea up where the air is fresh and clean I'm going straight up to the top if you know me, you know what I mean I can't let sorrow try and pull ol' Frankie down live for

Straight To The Top (Vegas) Tom Waits

I'm going straight to the top oh yea up where the air is fresh and clean I'm going straight up to the top if you know me, you know what I mean I can't let sorrow try and pull ol' Frankie down live for

Straight To The Top Tom Waits

I'm going straight to the top oh yea up where the air is fresh and clean I'm going straight up to the top if you know me, you know what I mean I can't let sorrow try and pull ol' Frankie down live for

Rain Dogs Tom Waits

Inside a broken clock, splashing the wine with all the rain dogs Taxi, we'd rather walk, huddle a doorway with the rain dogs For I am a rain dog, too Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night For it

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

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

Altar Boy Tom Waits

Now, I can order in Latin Make 'em au gratin, Joe I'm an old altar boy That's why I'm so depressed I never got the rest of the dream Just the ritual Now I'm habitual Majoring in crimes that are unspeakable

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

Cemetery Polka Tom Waits

Weiss Uncle Biltmore and Uncle William Made a million during World War Two But they're tightwads and they're cheapskates And they'll never give a dime to you Auntie Mame has gone insane She lives

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

Train Song Tom Waits

Well I broke down in E. St.

I'll Shoot The Moon Tom Waits

I'll shoot the moon Right out of the sky For you baby I'll be the pennies On your 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

Poncho's Lament Tom Waits

Well the stairs sound so lonely without you And I ain't made my bed in a week Coffee stains on the paper I'm writing And I'm too choked up inside to speak And Yes, I know our differences pulled us apart

Potter's Field Tom Waits

well you can buy me a drink and i'll tell you what i seen and i'll give you a bargain from 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

The Pontiac Tom Waits

Then the u-joints went out on that and the bushings and then your mother wanted to trade it in on the Tornado, so we got the Tornado. God, I hated the color of that son of a bitch.

I Can't Wait To Get Off Work Tom Waits

I don't mind working, 'cause I used to be jerking off most of my time in bars, I've been a cabbie and a stock clerk and a soda-fountain jock-jerk And a manic mechanic on cars.

Broken Bicycles Tom Waits

Somebody must Have an orphanage for these things that nobody Wants any more September\'s reminding July It\'s time to be saying ... good-bye. Summer is gone, But our love will remain.