Another Man's Vine Tom Waits

the strangle vines The rose is climbing over blind 'Cause the sun is on the other side The bees will find their honey The sweetest every time Around a red rose I see a red rose A red rose blooming on another

Heartattack And Vine Tom Waits

liar liar with your pants on fire, white spades hangin' on the telephone wire, gamblers reevaluate along the dotted line, you'll never recognize yourself on heartattack and vine.

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

Romeo Is Bleeding Tom Waits

Lookin' so hard against the hood of his car And puttin' out a cigarette in his hand For all the pachucos at the pumps At Romero's Paint and Body They all seein' how far they can spit Well it was just another

Frank`s Wild Years Tom Waits

Oklahoma governor said everything this Doughboy does is wrong Now some say he's doing the obituary mambo and some say he's hanging on the wall perhaps this yarn's the only thing that holds this man

Everything Goes To Hell Tom Waits

A man has only one thing on his mind Why ask palitely, why go lightly, Why say please?

Little Man Tom Waits

burn There's one thing you will learn Those things you have cherished Are things that you have earned Luck is when opportunity Meets with preparation And the same is true for every generation Little man

Jersey Girl Tom Waits

s all right You with your baby on a Saturday night Don？t you know that my dreams come true when I？m walkin?

Tom Waits Anouk

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 take me with you Tom

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 man

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 ...

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

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.

Flowers Grave Tom Waits

And if we are to die tonight Another rose will bloom For a faded rose Will I be the one that you save?

Invitation To The Blues Tom Waits

guy with a suitcase and a ticket getting out of here It's a tired bus station and an old pair of shoes This ain't nothing but an invitation to the blues But you can't take your eyes off her, get another

Semi Suite Tom Waits

And he's never comin' back But the curtain-laced billow And his hands on your pillow And his trousers are hangin' on the chair You're lyin' through your pain, babe But you're gonna tell him he's your man

Nirvana Tom Waits

> Not much chance, completely cut loose from purpose, he was a young man riding a bus through North Carolina on the way to somewhere. And it began to snow.

Downtown Tom Waits

red pants and the sugarman in, the temple street gloom, drinkin' chivas regal in a four dollar room, just another dead soldier in a powder blue night, sugarman says baby everything's alright, goin'

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 another

Big Joe And Phantom 309 Tom Waits

lights of an old semi topped the hill You should of seen me smile when I Heard them air brakes come on, and I climbed up in that cab where I Knew it'd be warm at the wheel Well at the wheel sat a big man

I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You Tom Waits

Now it's closing time, the music's fading out Last call for drinks, I'll have another stout.

Warm Beer And Cold Women Tom Waits

how it's been All these double knit strangers with gin and vermouth And recycled stories in the Naugahyde booths With the platinum blonds, tobacco brunettes I'll be drinkin' to forget you, I'll lite another

Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) Tom Waits

waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda You\'ll go waltzing Matilda with me I\'m an innocent victim of a blinded alley And I\'m tired of all these soldiers here No one speaks English, and everything\'s

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

Take Me Home Tom Waits

s not around without you I？m so sorry that I broke your heart please don？t leave my side Take me home you silly boy ？cause I？m still in love with you

Mr. Siegal Tom Waits

the nugget slots, i had to sell my ass on fremont street, and the drummer said there's sanctuary, over at the bagdad room, and now it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and go man

Lowside Of The Road Tom Waits

I'm on a black elevator Goin down Little Joe from Kokomo It rattles to the ground The dice is laughin at the man that he throwed Your rollin over to the Lowside of the road.

Muriel Tom Waits

twinkle in your eye is the only wedding ring i'll buy you muriel and muriel how many times i've left this town to hide from your memory and it haunts me but i only get as far as the next whiskey bar i buy another

Poor Edward Tom Waits

On the back of his head he had another face Was it a woman's face or a young girl?

Misery Is the River of the World Tom Waits

Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World The higher that the monkey can climb The more he shows his tail Call no man happy 'til he dies There's no milk at the bottom of the

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

Coney Island Baby Tom Waits

Every night she comes To take me out to dreamland When I'm with her, I'm the richest Man in the town She's a rose, she's the pearl She's the spin on my world All the stars make their wishes on her eyes

Fannin Street Tom Waits

Fannin Street You'll be lost and never found You can never turn around Don't go down to Fannin Street When I was young I thought only of getting out I said goodbye to my street, goodbye to my house Give a man

Little Drop of Poison Tom Waits

She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall She always had that little drop of poison Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping Someone said you'll never get a wish from a bone Another

Ruby's Arms Tom Waits

you will be waking. the morning light has washed your face, and everything is turning blue now, hold on to your pillow case there's nothing i can do now, as i say goodbye to ruby's arms, you'll find another

Tango Till They're Sore Tom Waits

she's all in calico And the colour of a doll Wave the flag on cadillac day And a skillet on the wall Cut me a switch or hold your breath Till the sun goes down Write my name on the hood Send me off to another

Downtown Train Tom Waits

Outside another yellow moon punched a hole in the nighttime, yes I climb through the window and down the street shining like a new dime the downtown trains are full with all those Brooklyn girls they try

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

Pasties And A G-String Tom Waits

Smelling like a brewery, looking like a tramp, I ain't got a quarter, got a postage stamp Been five o'clock shadow boxing all around the town, Talking with the old man, sleeping on the ground Bazanti bootin

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

Telephone Call From Istanbul Tom Waits

paint the donkey blue if you pay I got a telephone call from Istanbul my baby's coming home today will you sell me one of those if I shave my head get me out of town is what fireball said never trust a man

Good Old World (Waltz) Tom Waits

But when I was a man, the wind blew cold the hills were upside down. 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.

Poncho's Lament Tom Waits

lord That you'll quit your honkey-tonkin' sing my song And I'm glad that you're gone Got the feeling so strong And I'm glad that you're gone But I wish to the lord that you'd come home So I'll throw another

Baby Gonna Leave Me Tom Waits

Ford Going down the highway in a 49 sword My baby ripped my heart out with every turn of the moon Somebody told me theres never been a rose without a thorn Na na na na, na-na-na Na na na Well I'm just another

All the World Is Green Tom Waits

The moon is yellow silver Oh the things that summer brings It's a love you'd kill for And all the world is green He is balancing a diamond On a blade of grass The dew will settle on our grave(s)

Table Top Joe Tom Waits

Island I was singing this song Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe Now everyone knows Yeah I'm Tabletop Joe They gave me top billing In the Dreamland show I had my own orchestra Starring Tabletop Joe And the man

Walk Away Tom Waits

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 done I can't erase I want to look in the mirror see another

Spidey's Wild Ride Tom Waits

and the wheelman, the jockeys the landlords and thee were bucking a head wind south and with nine lives spent, he landed on his rent composed with a steele head salmon in his mouth and I never did see another

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 ...

Barcarolle Tom Waits

A cloud lets go of the moon Her ribbons are all out of tune She is skating on the ice In a glass in the hands of a man That she kissed on a train And the children are all gone into town To get candy and