More Than Rain Tom Waits

It's more than rain that falls on our parade tonight it's more than thunder it's more than thunder it's more than a swindle this crooked card game it's more than sad times it's more than sad times none

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

Please Call Me Baby Tom Waits

Evenin' fell just like a star Left a trail behind You spitted You slammed out the door If this is love, we're crazy 'Cause we fight like cats and dogs I just know there's got to be more Please

Widow's Grove Tom Waits

> I met you in the saddle, rode you in the dust Held your hand to the heavens, pulled your heart to the earth There was something that blinded me more than the mist And the breath of the cottonwood

Make It Rain Tom Waits

I have no pride, I have no shame You gotta to make it rain, Since you gone Deep inside it hurts I’m just another sad Guest on this earth I want to believe in the Mercy of the world again Make it rain

Please Call Me, Baby Tom Waits

The evening fell just like a star Left a trail behind You spit as you slammed out the door If this is love we're crazy As we fight like cats and dogs But I just know there's got to be more So please call

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...

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

Broken Bicycles Tom Waits

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

Walk Away Tom Waits

to walk away and start over again There are things I've done I can't erase I want to look in the mirror see another face I said, "never", but I'm doing it again I wanna walk away, start over again No more

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

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

Good Old World (Waltz) Tom Waits

But now that I have gone from here there's no place I'd rather be than to float my chances on the tide Back in the good old world.

A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun Tom Waits

sweet little dreams, pretty blue wishes Standin' there, just gettin' all wet And now there's a place off the drag Called the Gilbert Hotel And now the couple letter Burned out in the sign And it's better than

Clap Hands Tom Waits

Sane, sane, they're all insane, fireman's blind, the conductor is lame A Cincinnati jacket and a sad-luck dame Hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands,

Grapefruit Moon Tom Waits

'Cause every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks inside, And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is more than I can hide.

First Kiss Tom Waits

bones of all kinds And she lived in a trailer under a bridge And she made her own whiskey and gave cigarettes to kids And she'd been struck by lightning seven or eight times And she hated the mention of rain

Take It With Me Tom Waits

Always for you, and Forever yours It felt just like the old days We fell asleep on Beaula's porch I'm gonna take it with me When I go All broken down by The side of the road I was never more

This One's From The Heart Tom Waits

But the roads get so slipp'ry (when it rains) I love you more than all these words can ever say Oh baby, this one's from the heart.

Pasties And A G-String Tom Waits

And the cheater slicks and baby moons She's a-hot and ready, creamy and sugared And the band is awful and so are the tunes (scat) Crawling on her belly, and shaking like jelly, And I'm getting harder than

Big Black Mariah Tom Waits

Well cutting through the cane break, rattling the sill Thunder that the rain makes when the shadow tops the hill Big light on the back street, hill to ever more Packing down the ladder with the hammer

Chocolate Jesus Tom Waits

Don't go to church on Sunday Don't get on my knees to pray Don't memorize the books of the Bible I got my own special way Bit I know Jesus loves me Maybe just a little bit more I fall on my knees

Just The Right Bullets Tom Waits

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 If you blow a hundred rounds It takes much more

LowDown Tom Waits

Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown She's a gone lost dirt road There ain't no way back I been told Well she's a story they all tell She's a rebel, she's a yell Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown White heat in a cold rain

No One Knows I'm Gone Tom Waits

Hell above and Heaven below All the trees are gone The rain made such a lovely sound To those who are six feet under ground The leaves will bury every year And no one knows I'm gone Live me golden tell

Red Shoes By The Drugstore Tom Waits

She wore red shoes by the news-stand As the rain splashed the nickel Spilled like chablis along the midway There's a little blue jay In a red dress, on a sad night One straw in a root-beer A compact with

Home I'll Never Be Tom Waits

him (just the same for him, yeah) Well the worms eat away but don't worry watch the wind So I left Montana on an old freight train (on an old freight train) The night my father died in the cold cold rain

On The Road Tom Waits

him (just the same for him, yeah) Well the worms eat away but don't worry watch the wind So I left Montana on an old freight train (on an old freight train) The night my father died in the cold cold rain

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

The Return Of Jackie And Judy Tom Waits

him (just the same for him, yeah) Well the worms eat away but don't worry watch the wind So I left Montana on an old freight train (on an old freight train) The night my father died in the cold cold rain

Time Tom Waits

Well the smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street And the shadow boys are breaking all the laws And you’re east of East Saint Louis and the wind is making speeches And the rain sounds

A Good Man Is Hard To Find Tom Waits

good-bye And my favorite color is red A long dead soldier looks out from the frame No one remembers his war; no one remembers his name Go out to the meadow; scare off all the crows It does nothing but rain

November Tom Waits

for November to linger longer stick your spoon in the wall we'll slaughter them all November has tied me to an old dead tree get word to April to rescue me November's cold chain Made of wet boots and rain

Hang Down Your Head Tom Waits

heart today You have found another, oh baby I must go away So hang down your head for sorrow, hang down your head for me Hang down your head tomorrow, hang down your head Marie Hush my love the rain

Green Grass Tom Waits

It smells like rain today God took the stars and he tossed 'em Can't tell the birds from the blossoms You'll never be free of me He'll make a tree from me Don't say good bye to me Describe the sky to me

Lucinda Tom Waits

at the shore As I kick at the clowns at my hanging As I swing out all over the crowds I will search every face for Lucinda And she'll go off with me down the hill I tought I'd broke loose of Lucinda Rain

Ain't Goin Down To The Well Tom Waits

jar As I kick at the clounds at my hanging As I swing out over the crowd I will search every face for Lucinda's And she will off with me down to hell I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda The rain

Putnam County Tom Waits

And, and knit their brows to cover the entire Hank Williams songbook whether you like it not And the Old National register was singing to the tune of 57 dollars and 57 cents And then its last call, one more

Lullaby Tom Waits

A world where there's no more need to cry But no joy or passion Its seems that the price is much to high But I am holding out for something real And though you offered peace What I really need comes to

Ruby's Arms Tom Waits

i'll say goodbye, say goodbye to ruby's arms. i'll feel my way down the darken hall, and out into the morning, the hobos at the freightyards, have kept their fires burning, so jesus christ this goddamn rain

Strange Weather Tom Waits

And he's the rain that they predicted, Its the forecast every time. The rose has died because you picked it And I believe that brandy's mine.

Dog Door Tom Waits

coming through the dog door She got me coming through the dog door Pitchfork (pitchfork) Crowbar (crowbar) Clawhammer (clawhammer) Hot tar (hot tar) She got me through her middle name But she can make it rain

Downtown Train Tom Waits

they'll never win you back Will I see you tonight on a downtown train where every night is just the same you leave me lonely will I see you tonight on a downtown train all of my dreams just fall like rain

Trampled Rose Tom Waits

In the muddy street With the fireworks and leaves A blind man with a cup I asked Would he sing 'Kisses Sweeter Than Wine' I know that rose, Like I know my name The one I gave my love, It was the same Now

Baby Gonna Leave Me Tom Waits

earth And if I was a tree I'd be a cut down tree And if I was a bed I'd be an unmade bed I'll get my 32/20 and it'll have to do Na na na na, na-na-na Na na na na Gone like the wind in the meadow And the rain

Puttin' On The Dog Tom Waits

and twist Do it once, you'll never resist Tell me that you love me Tell me that you're mine We're putting on the dog tonight Putting on the dog tonight, alright Well we'll be going to a sooky jump it's rain

All The Time Tom Waits

down the line I got a jacket to put on and a hat to wear I wouldn't waste a gallon on you out there And I got all the time in the world A bridge is only there for you to jump off of And there ain't no rain

Top Of The Hill Tom Waits

(Can we have a little more on my voice?)

Old Shoes (And Picture Postcards) Tom Waits

I can see by your eyes, it's time now to go So I'll leave you to cry in the rain, Though I held in my hand, the key to all joy Honey my heart was not born to be tamed.