Baby Gonna Leave Me Tom Waits

Until my feet got wet I stood by the faucet Till the sink filled up I stood by the window Until the moon came up My baby's bought a ticket Long as my clothes line Na na na na, na-na-na Na na na na My baby

Please Call Me, Baby Tom Waits

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 me

Please Call Me Baby Tom Waits

, baby Wherever you are It's too cold to be out walkin' in the streets We do crazy things when we're wounded Everyone's pretty insane I don't want you catchin' your death of cold Out walkin'

Depot, Depot Tom Waits

I ain't coming, I ain't going My confusion is showing Outside the midnight wind is blowing Sixth Avenue I'm gonna paint myself blue At the depot I watch the taxis pull up and idle I can't claim

Goin\' Out West Tom Waits

Well I\'m goin\' out west Where the wind blows tall \'Cause Tony Franciosa Used to date my ma They got some money out there They\'re giving it away I\'m gonna do what I want Do what I want And

Downtown Train Tom Waits

and they scatter like crows they have nothing that will ever capture your heart theyr'e just thorns without the rose be careful of them in the dark oh if I was the one you chose to be your only one oh baby

Jersey Girl Tom Waits

m gonna be with you Cause tonight I？m gonna take that ride Across the river to the Jersey side Take my baby to the carnival And I？ll take you on all the rides Down the shore everything？

I Can't Wait To Get Off Work Tom Waits

And I can't wait to get off work and see my baby, She said she'd leave the porch light on for me.

Sins Of My Father Tom Waits

God said don't give me your Tin horn prayers Don't buy roses off the street down there Took it all and took the dirt road home Dreaming of Jenny with the light brown hair Night is falling like a bloody

Tom Waits Anouk

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 take me

Semi Suite Tom Waits

hollered That he's leavin' 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

Picture In A Frame Tom Waits

I come calling in my Sunday best I come calling in my Sunday best I come calling in my Sunday best Every since I put your picture In a frame I'm gonna love you Till the wheels come off Oh yea I

Fumblin' With The Blues Tom Waits

been seeing off and on Well they spend your love and then they're gone You can't be lovin' someone who is savage and cruel Take your love and then they leave on out of town No they do Well now fallin'

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

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

Take Me Home Tom Waits

Take me home you silly boy put your arms around me Take me home you silly boy all the world？s not around without you I？m so sorry that I broke your heart please don？

Table Top Joe Tom Waits

I knew one day One, one, two, one, two, three Well my mama didn't want me On the day I was born I was born without a body I got nothing but scorn But I always loved music All I had was my hands I dreamed

Shiver Me Timbers Tom Waits

leavin' my 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

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

Goodnight Irene Tom Waits

Me and my wife settled down. Now, me and my wife are parted. Gonna take a little stroll downtown. [Chorus] Yeah, sometimes I live in the country And sometimes I live in town.

Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis Tom Waits

Street Right above a dirty bookstore off Euclid Avenue And I stopped takin’ dope And I quit drinkin’ whiskey And my old man plays the trombone And works out at the track He says that he loves me

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?

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

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'

Virginia Avenue Tom Waits

There's got to be some place that's better than this This life I'm leading's driving me insane And let me tell you I'm dreaming...

Ice Cream Man Tom Waits

Baby, missed me in the alley, baby, don't you fret Come back around and don't forget, When you're tired and you're hungry and you want something cool, Got something better than a swimming pool 'Cause

Tango Till They're Sore Tom Waits

Tarantella All the hounds they start to roar And the boys all go to hell Then the Cubans hit the floor And they drive along the pipeline They tango till they're sore They take apart their nightmares And they leave

Shiny Things Tom Waits

Leave me alone you big ol' moon, The light you cast is just a lighter. You're like the crow, 'cause if it goes, You're dressed to go, you guessed, I know, You'll always bring them shiny things.

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

All The Time Tom Waits

> You're the tree That you can't eat the fruit from I heard horse come to ride me away I want shade And a good place to shoot from If I's a clock I'd be the end of the day You know you're not the boss

Way Down In The Hole Tom Waits

When you walk through the garden you gotta watch your back well I beg your pardon walk the straight and narrow track if you walk with Jesus he's gonna save your soul you gotta keep the devil way down in

How's It Gonna End Tom Waits

He had 3 whole dollars,a worn out carAnd a wife who was leaving for goodLifes made of trouble,worry, pain and struggleShe wrote 'good bye' in the dust on the hood They found a map of MissouriLipsti...

Top Of The Hill Tom Waits

Stop and get me on the ride up (Uh-huh-huh) On the top of the hill I'm only going to the top of the hill New corn yellow and slaughterhouse red The birds keep singin' baby after you're dead I'm gonna

Old Shoes (And Picture Postcards) Tom Waits

So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear And your tears cannot bind me anymore, And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone.

Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards) Tom Waits

So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear And your tears cannot bind me anymore, And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone.

Lucky Day Tom Waits

world Is in a little Spanish town But I left her for a Bonnie lass And I told her I'd see her around But that Bonnie lass And her heart of glass Would not hold a candle To bumming around So don't cry for me

Anywhere I Lay My Head Tom Waits

is spinning round, my heart is in my shoes, yeah I went and set the Thames on fire, oh, now I must come back down She's laughing in her sleeve boys, I can feel it in my bones Oh, but anywhere I'm gonna

Midnight Lullaby Tom Waits

Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye Hush-a bye my baby, no need to be crying.

Danny Says Tom Waits

Danny says we gotta go Gotta go to Idaho But we can't go surfin' Cause it's twenty below Sound check's at 5:02 Record stores and interviews Oh, but I can't wait To be with you tomorrow Baby Oho-ho-ho,

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

16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six Tom Waits

I plugged 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six and a Black Crow snuck through a hole in the sky so I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule and I made me a ladder from a pawn shop marimba and I leaned it

Puttin' On The Dog Tom Waits

> You gotta stomp, whistle and scream You gotta wake right up in your dreams You gotta jump, wheel and drive Keep that feeling alive You gotta kick, holler and shout I'm gonna tell you what it's all

Black Market Baby Tom Waits

road There's a man with a lantern And he carries her soul A coal stove and a bed A skillet and a hound She drove a camel through A needle In this sinking board walk town She's my Black Market Baby

Warm Beer And Cold Women Tom Waits

in the Naugahyde booths With the platinum blonds, tobacco brunettes I'll be drinkin' to forget you, I'll lite another cigarette And the band's playin' something by Tammy Wynette And the drinks are on me

Telephone Call From Istanbul Tom Waits

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 got a telephone call from Istanbul my baby's coming home today will you sell me

Emotional Weather Report Tom Waits

pressure zone Covering the eastern portion of a small suburban community With a 1034 millibar high pressure zone And a weak pressure ridge extending from my eyes down to my cheek 'Cause since you left me

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

Saving All My Love For You Tom Waits

it's too early for the circus, it's too late for the bars, no one's sleepin' but the paperboys, and no one in this town is makin' any noise, but the dogs and the milkmen and me. the girls around here all

We're All Mad Here Tom Waits

You can hang me in a bottle like a cat Let the crows pick me clean but for my hat Where the wailing of a baby Meets the footsteps of the dead We're all mad here As the devil sticks his flag into the mud

Union Square Tom Waits

time is always money for the boys on Union Square Go on and bust your ass 'til doomsday, don't forget to say your prayers Someone's riding down the backstreet, said papa got a brand new slack And your baby