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Tom Waits - 'T'Ain't No Sin - lyrics

When you hear sweet syncopation
And the music softly moans
T'ain't no sin to take off your skin
And dance around in your bones
When 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 bones
Just like those bamboo babies
Down in the South Sea tropic zone
T'ain't no sin to take off your skin
And dance around your bones

Tom Waits - 9th Hennepin - lyrics

Well its ninth and hennepin
All the doughnuts have names that sound like prostitutes
And the moons teeth marks are on the sky
Like a tarp thrown all over this
And the broken umbrellas like dead birds
And the steam comes out of the grill
Like the whole goddamn towns ready to blow...
And the bricks are all scarred with jailhouse tattoos
And everyone is behaving like dogs
And the horses are coming down violin road
And dutch is dead on his feet
And all the rooms they smell like diesel
And you take on the dreams of the ones who have slept here
And Im lost in the window, and I hide in the stairway
And I hang in the curtain, and I sleep in your hat...
And no one brings anything small into a bar around here
They all started out with bad directions
And the girl behind the counter has a tattooed tear
One for every year hes away, she said
Such a crumbling beauty, ah
Theres nothing wrong with her that a hundred dollars wont fix
She has that razor sadness that only gets worse
With the clang and the thunder of the southern pacific going by
And the clock ticks out like a dripping faucet
til youre full of rag water and bitters and blue ruin
And you spill out over the side to anyone who will listen...
And Ive seen it all, Ive seen it all
Through the yellow windows of the evening train...

Tom Waits - A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun - lyrics

Its raining its pouring
And you didnt bring a sweater
Nebraska will never let you come back home
And on hollywood and wine
By the thrifty mart sign
Any night Ill be willin to bet
Theres a young girl
With sweet little wishes
And pretty blue dreams
Standin there and gettin all wet
Now theres a place off the drag
Called the gilbert hotel
Theres a couple letters burned out in the sign
And its better than a bus stop
And they do good buisness
Every time it rains
For sweet little girls
With nothing in their jeans
But sweet little wishes
And pretty blue jeans
Now its raining its pouring
The old mam is snoring
Now I lay me down to sleep
I hear the sirens in the street
All the dreams are made of chrome
I have no way to get back home
Id rather die before I wake
Like marilyn monroe
And throw my jeans out in
The street and the rain will make em grow
Now the night clerk he got a club foot
And hes heard every hard luck story
At least a hundred times or more
He says check out time is 10 am
And thats just what he means
And you go up the stairs
With sweet little wishes
And pretty blue dreams
Now its raining its pouring
And hollywods just fine
Swindle a little out of her dreams
Put a letter in the sign
Never trust a scarecrow
Wearin shades after dark
Be careful of that old bow tie he wears
It takes a sweet little bullet
From a pretty blu gun
To put those scarlet ribbons in your hair
No that aint no cherry bomb
4th of julys all done
Just some fool playin that second line
From the barrel of a pretty blue gun
No that aint no cherry bomb
4th of julys all done
Just some fool playin that second line
From the barrel of a pretty blue gun

Tom Waits - $29. 00 - lyrics

Little black girl in a red dress
On a hot night with a broken shoe
Little black girl you shoulda never left home
Theres probly someone thats still waitin up for you
Its cold back in chicago
But in los angeles its worse
When all you got is $29.00 and an alligator purse
I see already that vulture in the fleetwood
With the shartruse hood
Can see youre trying to get your bearings
And you say hey which ways the main stem
And where ever you say youre from
Hell say he grew up there himself
And hell comeon and make you feel
Like you grew up right next door to him
And you say take a left on central
And he throws it in reverse
Cause you only got $29.00 and an alligator purse
And hell come on like a gentleman
And youll be a little shy
You say your ex old man was a sax player
Hell say baby I used to play bass for sly
And you say you like his cadillac, say honey I got 2 or 3
Hell say sweetheart youre sure fortunate
That you ran into me
When youve done a dime in the joint
You figure nothin could be worse
And you got $29.00 in an alligator purse
Well he got pharoh on the 8 track
You start smokin a little boo
You thinkin gettin out of chicago was the
Best thing ever happened to you
But he aint no good samaritan
Hell make sure hes reimbursed
Lot more than $29.00 and an alligator purse
Now the sirens just an epilog
The cops always get there to late
They always stop for coffee on the way to the scene of the
Crime
They always try so hard to look like movie stars
They couldnt catch a cold
You only wasting your dime
And shes lucky to be alive
The doctor whispered to the nurse
She only lost a 1/2 pint of blood
$29.00 and an alligator purse

Tom Waits - A Good Man Is Hard To Find - lyrics

Well I always play Russian roulette in my head
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
Only strangers sleep in my bed
And my favorite words are '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 here and nothing will grow
A good man is hard to find
Only strangers sleep in my bed
And my favorite words are 'good-bye'
And my favorite color is...
My favorite color is...
My favorite color is red

Tom Waits - A Little Rain - lyrics

(tom waits/k. brennan)
The ice mans mule is parked
Outside the bar
Where a man with missing fingers
Plays a strange guitar
And the german dwarf
Dances with the butchers son
And a little rain never hurt no one
And a little rain never hurt no one
Theyre dancing on the roof
And the ceilings coming down
I sleep with my shovel and my leather gloves
A little trouble makes it worth the going
And a little rain never hurt no one
The world is round
And so Ill go around
You must risk something that matters
My hands are strong
Ill take any man here
If its worth the going
Its worth the ride
She was 15 years old
And never seen the ocean
She climbed into a van
With a vagabond
And the last thing she said
Was, I love you mom.
And a little rain
Never hurt no one
And a little rain
Never hurt no one

Tom Waits - 'til The Money Runs Out - lyrics

Check this strange beverage that falls out from the sky, splashin bagdad on
The hudson in panther martins eyes, hes high and outside wearin candy apple
Red, scarlet gave him twenty seven stitches in his head, with a pint of green
Chartruse aint nothin seems right, you buy the sunday paper on a saturday
Night.
Cant you hear the thunder someone stole my watch, I sold a quart of blood
And bought a half a pint of scotch, some one tell those chinamen on telegraph
Canyon road, when youre on the bill with the spoon there aint no time to
Unload, so bye bye baby baby bye bye.
Droopy stranger lonely dreamer toy puppy and the prado, were laughin as
They piled into olmos el dorado, jesus whispered eni meany miney moe, theyre
Too proud to duck their heads thats why they bring it down so low, so bye
Bye baby baby bye bye.
The pointed man is smack dab in the middle of july, swingin from the
Rafters in his brand new tie, he said I cant go back to that hotel room all
They do is shout, but Ill stay wichew baby till the money runs out, so bye
Bye baby baby bye bye.

Tom Waits - 9th & Hennepin - lyrics

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
And the steam comes out of the grill
Like the whole goddamn town's ready to blow...
And the bricks are all scarred with jailhouse tattoos
And everyone is behaving like dogs
And the horses are coming down violin road
And dutch is dead on his feet
And all the rooms they smell like diesel
And you take on the dreams of the ones who have slept here
And i'm lost in the window, and i hide in the stairway
And i hang in the curtain, and i sleep in your hat...
And no one brings anything small into a bar around here
They all started out with bad directions
And the girl behind the counter has a tattooed tear
"one for every year he's away", she said
Such a crumbling beauty, ah
There's nothing wrong with her that a hundred dollars won't fix
She has that razor sadness that only gets worse
With the clang and the thunder of the southern pacific going by
And the clock ticks out like a dripping faucet
'til you're full of rag water and bitters and blue ruin
And you spill out over the side to anyone who will listen...
And i've seen it all, i've seen it all
Through the yellow windows of the evening train...

Tom Waits - A Sight For Sore Eyes - lyrics

Hey sight for sore eyes its a long time no see
Workin hard hardly workin hey man you know me
Water under the bridge didya see my new car
Well its bought and its payed for parked outside of the bar
And hey barkeeper whats keepin you keep pourin drinks
For all these palookas hey you know what I thinks
That we toast to the old days and dimagio too
And old drysdale and mantle whitey ford and to you
No the old gang aint around everyone has left town
cept for thumm and giardina said they just might be down
Oh half drunk all the time and Im all drunk the rest
Yea monks till the champion but Im the best
I guess you heard about nash he was killed in a crash
Hell that must of been two or three years ago now
Yea he spun out and he rolled he hit a telephone pole
And he died with the radio on
No shes married and with a kid finally split up with sid
Hes up north for a nickles worth for armed robbery
Hey Ill play you some pin ball hell you aint got a chance
Well then go on over and ask her to dance

Tom Waits - The Ocean Doesn't Want Me - lyrics

(tom waits)
The ocean doesnt want me today
But Ill be back tomorrow to play
And the strangles will take me
Down deep in their brine
The mischievous braingels
Down into the endless blue wine
Ill open my head and let out
All of my time
Id love to go drowning
And to stay and to stay
But the ocean doesnt want me today
Ill go in up to here
It cant possibly hurt
All they will find is my beer
And my shirt
A rip tide is raging
And the life guard is away
But the ocean doesnt want me today
The ocean doesnt want me today
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