Sea Of Love Tom Waits

Come with me my love to the sea The sea of love I want to tell you How much I love you I'm drowning in a sea of love Do you remember the night we met?

Dead And Lovely Tom Waits

money to burn She thought she had the moon in her pocket But now she's dead She's so dead Forever dead and lovely now I've always been told to remember this: Don't let a fool kiss you Never marry for love

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

All the World Is Green Tom Waits

I fell into the ocean When you became my wife I risked it all aganist the sea To have a better life Marie you're the wild blue sky And men do foolish things You turn kings into beggars And beggars

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

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

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

Blind Love Tom Waits

don't care if they miss me, I never remember their names They say if you get far enough away, you'll be on your way back home Well, I'm at the station, and I can't get on the train Must be blind love

World Keeps Turning Tom Waits

always say he marks the sparrow's fall How can anyone believe it all Well the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing The world keeps turning the world keeps turning On his hand he wore the ring of

'T' Ain't No Sin Tom Waits

around in your bonesWhen it gets too hot for comfot And you can't get an ice cream cone T'ain't no sin to take off your skin And dance around your bonesJust like those bamboo babies Down in the South Sea

Falling Down Tom Waits

Petersburg, Scarlett and me Well I open my eyes, I was blind as can be When you give a man luck, he must fall in the sea And she wants you to steal and get caught For she loves you for all that you are

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

Everything Goes To Hell Tom Waits

Laissez-faire mi amour, ce la vie Shall I return to shore or swim Back out to sea?

Jayne's Blue Wish Tom Waits

ran away with the spoon Chimney smoke ties the roofs to the sky There's a hole overhead It's only the moon Will there ever be a tree Grown from the seeds I've sown Life is a path lit only by the light of

Shiver Me Timbers Tom Waits

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 And I know Martin Eden's Gonna be proud of

New Coat Of Paint Tom Waits

Let's put a new coat of paint On this lonesome old town Set em' up, we'll be knockin' 'em down You wear a dress Baby I'll a tie We'll laugh at that old bloodshot moon In that burgundy sky All our scribbled

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

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

Old Boyfriends Tom Waits

Old Boyfriends, Lost in the pocket of your overcoat, Like burned out lite bulbs on a Ferris Wheel. Old Boy friends, You remember the kinds of cars they drove, Parking in an orange grove.

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

The Last Rose Of Summer Tom Waits

I love the way The tattered clouds Go wind across the sky As summer goes And leave me With a tear in my eye I'm taking out my winter clothes My garden knows what's wrong The petals of my favorite rose

Fumblin' With The Blues Tom Waits

they catch me when I'm pulling up lame And I'm a pool-shooting-shimmy-shyster shaking my head When I should be living clean instead You know the ladies I've been seeing off and on Well they spend your love

Hang Down Your Head Tom Waits

Hush a wild violet, hush a band of gold Hush you're in a story I heard somebody told Tear the promise from my heart, tear my heart today You have found another, oh baby I must go away So hang down

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

Lullaby Tom Waits

If nothing's worth dying for tonight Your dreams are not enough What I need is love That's worth laying down my life Sing along, Just like they taught us It's soothing your mind this lullaby No heaven

Saving All My Love For You Tom Waits

trade off everything just to have you near. i know i'm irresponsible and i don't behave, and i ruin everything that i do, and i'll probably get arrested when i'm in my grave, but i'll be savin' all my love

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

Young At Heart Tom Waits

will find To be narrow mind And young at heart You can go to extremes With impossible schemes You can laugh when your dreams Fall apart at the seams And life gets more exciting With each passing day Love

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

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

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

Step Right Up Tom Waits

one-tenth of a dollar, we got service after sales You need perfume?

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

Jersey Girl Tom Waits

m on my way to see that girl of mine Nothin?else matters in this whole wide world when you？re in love with a Jersey girl Sha la la la la la sha la la la la la la la Sha la la la la la Sha la la la, I？

Hoist That Rag Tom Waits

The sun is up, the world is flat Damn good address for a rat The smell of blood, the drone of flies You know what to do if the baby cries Hoist that rag! Hoist that rag! Hoist that rag!

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

The Pontiac Tom Waits

God, I hated the color of that son of a bitch. And the dog destroyed the upholstery on the Ford. Boy, that was long before you were born. We called it the Yellowbird, two-door, three on the tree.

San Diego Serenade Tom Waits

stayed away too long I never heard the melody until I needed the song I never saw the white line 'til I was leavin' you behind I never knew I needed you until I was caught up in a bind I never spoke "I love

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

Take It With Me Tom Waits

lived in Coney Island Ain't no good thing Ever dies I'm gonna take it with me When I go Far far away a train Whistle blows Wherever you're goin Wherever you've been Waving good bye at the end Of

Gun Street Girl Tom Waits

Falling James in the Tahoe mud Stick around to tell us all the tale Well he fell in love with a Gun Street girl And now he's dancing in the Birmingham jail Dancing in the Birmingham jail He took

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

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

Shake It Tom Waits

Strip Poker Motel Got a small blue tail Hot ice, cold cash I never been no good at staying out of jail Wheel spin, roulette Who's giving, don't get Ripped shirt, black eye Tuxedo, bow tie Dark sound, straight

Martha Tom Waits

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

Get Behind The Mule Tom Waits

got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow Choppity chop goes the axe in the woods You gotta meet me by the fall down tree Shovel of

Nobody Tom Waits

Nobody, nobody will ever love you The way I could love you 'Cause nobody, nobody is that strong Love's bitter sweet and life's treasures deep No one can keep a love that's gone wrong Nobody, nobody will

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