Step Right Up Tom Waits

Step right up, step right up, step right up, Everyone's a winner, bargains galore That's right, you too can be the proud owner Of the quality goes in before the name goes on One-tenth of a dollar,

Lucky Day Overture Tom Waits

Ladies and gentlemen Harry's Harbour Bizarre is proud to present Under the Big Top tonight Human Oddities That's right You'll see the Three Headed Baby You'll see Hitler's brain See Lea Graff the German

Please Wake Me Up Tom Waits

carnival time she bought the things that I told her they made her eyes sparkle and shine together we'll ring in the new year I know that she'll be my queen and if I fall asleep in your arms please wake me up

Hold On Tom Waits

They hung a sign up in out town "if you live it up, you won't live it down" So, she left Monte Rio, son Just like a bullet leaves a gun With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips She went and took that California

Dog Door Tom Waits

six foot four Now she's a wrecking-ball Back over here together She brought the bad weather with her She got me coming through the dog door She got me coming through the dog door Got me a pitchfork Oh step-ladders

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

Union Square Tom Waits

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 is handcuffed on the front seat Sit right

I'll Take New York Tom Waits

I'll tip the newsboy I'll get a shine I'll ride this dream to the end of the line I'm goin places I'll take a ride Up to the Riverside I'll take NY I'll let it happen I'll pop the cork tear off the wrappin

Kentucky Avenue Tom Waits

Eddie graces buick got 4 bullet holes in the side Charlie De lisle sittin' at the top of an avocado tree Mrs Storm'll stab you with a steak knife if you step on her lawn I got a half pack of lucky strikes

LowDown Tom Waits

> She's a crooked Sheriff in a real straight town She opened the door shake shake the lights go down Clover honey and the Jimson Weed Red leather skirt way up above her knees Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown

Walking Spanish Tom Waits

He's got himself a homemade special You know his glass is full of sand And it feels just like a jaybird the way it fits into his hand He rolled a blade up in his trick towel They slap their hands against

Fish In The Jailhouse Tom Waits

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy They're serving fish in the jailhouse Fish in the jailhouse tonight [?

On The Nickel Tom Waits

my bones, but i always will be true, and when your mama is dead and gone, i'll sing this lullabye just for you, and what becomes of all the little boys, who never comb their hair, well they're lined up

Lowside Of The Road Tom Waits

The prosecution tell you To relax Your head feels like it's ready To explode You're rollin over, you're rollin over Well the clapper has been ripped Out of the bell The flapper has been kicked right

Just The Right Bullets Tom Waits

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 than wild courage Or you'll hit just the tattered clouds You must have just the right

Barcarolle Tom Waits

eyes fall down on me And I belong only to you The water is filling my shoes In the wine of my heart there's a stone In a well made of bone That you bring to the pond And I'm here in your pocket Curled up

Mr. Siegal Tom Waits

i spent all my money in a mexican whorehouse, across the street from a catholic church, and then i wiped off my revolver, and i buttoned up my burgundy shirt, i shot the morning in the back, with my red

Eyeball Kid Tom Waits

the usual style They had a curio museum And they had no guile All they ever wanted Was a show biz child So on the 7th of Dec. 1949 They got what They'd been wishing for All of the time He grew up

Crossroads Tom Waits

what he wants to hit But it don't always work that way You see, some bullets is special for a single aim A certain stag, or a certain person And no matter where you are, that's where the bullet will end up

I'll Shoot The Moon Tom Waits

I'll shoot the moon Right out of the sky For you baby I'll be the pennies On your eyes For you babyI want to take you Out to the fair Here's a red rose Ribbon for your hairI'll shoot the moon Right out

Reeperbahn Tom Waits

sense And you're not too picky about the crowd you keep Or the mattress where you sleep Behind every window, behind every door The apple has gone but there's always the core And the seeds will sprout up

Diamonds On My Windshield (Looking For) Tom Waits

train in the rain And the wind bites my cheek through the wing And it's these late nights and this freeway flying It always makes me sing There's a Duster tryin' to change my tune He's pulling up

Diamonds On My Windshield Tom Waits

steel train in the rain And the wind bites my cheek through the wing And it's these late nights and this freeway flying It always makes me sing There's a Duster tryin' to change my tune He's pulling up

16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six Tom Waits

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 up

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

Come On Up To The House Tom Waits

Well the moon is broken And the sky is cracked Come on up to the house The only things that you can see Is all that you lack Come on up to the house All your cryin don't do no good Come on up to

Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis Tom Waits

Hey Charlie, I'm pregnant And living on 9th 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

Big Joe And Phantom 309 Tom Waits

, tired Freezin', caught myself a chill, but It was just about that time that The 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

Straight To The Top (Rhumba) Tom Waits

I'm going straight to the top oh yea up where the air is fresh and clean I'm going straight up to the top if you know me, you know what I mean I can't let sorrow try and pull ol' Frankie down live for

Straight To The Top (Vegas) Tom Waits

I'm going straight to the top oh yea up where the air is fresh and clean I'm going straight up to the top if you know me, you know what I mean I can't let sorrow try and pull ol' Frankie down live for

Straight To The Top Tom Waits

I'm going straight to the top oh yea up where the air is fresh and clean I'm going straight up to the top if you know me, you know what I mean I can't let sorrow try and pull ol' Frankie down live for

What's He Building? Tom Waits

I heard he was up on the Roof last night Signaling with a flashlight And what's that tune he's Always whistling... What's he building in there? What's he building in there?

Top Of The Hill Tom Waits

Why don't you come up and see me sometime?

Picking Up After You Tom Waits

Here comes the bride And there goes the groom Looks like a hurricane Went thru this room Smells like a poolhall Where's my other shoe And I'm sick and tired of pickin' up after you Looks like you spent

Filipino Box Spring Hog Tom Waits

soldier's glee With a rum soaked crook And a big fat laugh I spent my last dollar on thee I saw Bill Bones, gave him a yell Kehoe spiked the nog With a chain link fence And a scrap iron jaw Cookin up

Putnam County Tom Waits

out over the linoleum floors Pedal pushers stretched out over midriff bulge And the coiffed brunette curls over Maybelline eyes Wearing Prince Machiavelli, Estee Lauder, smells so sweet And I elbowed up

Virginia Avenue Tom Waits

'Cause I'm walking on down Columbus Avenue The bars are all closing, 'cause it's quarter to two Every town I go to is like a lock without a key Those I leave behind are catching up on me, Let me tell

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 Care Of All My Children Tom Waits

of my children For I don't know when I'm comin' back home You can put all of my possessions here in Jesus' name nail a sign on the door Bright and early Sunday morning with my walking cane I'm going up

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?

Picture In A Frame Tom Waits

Sun come up it was blue and gold Sun come up it was blue and gold Sun come up it was blue and gold Ever since I put your picture In a frame.

Hang On St Christopher Tom Waits

the oil Buckle down the rumble seat let the radiator boil got an overhead downshift and a two dollar grill got an 85 cabin on an 85 hill Hang on st. christopher on the passenger side open it up

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

Road To Peace Tom Waits

they waved them in front of the cameras But Israel says they did not know that his wife and child were in the car There are roadblocks everywhere and only suffering on TV Neither side will ever give up

Rosie Tom Waits

Well I'm sitting on a windowsill, blowing my horn Nobody's up except the moon and me, And a lazy old tomcat on a midnight spree All that you left me was a melody. Rosie, why do you evade?

Flowers Grave Tom Waits

Someday the silver moon and I will go to dreamland I will close my eyes and wake up there in dreamland And Tell me who will put flowers on a flower's grave? Who will say a prayer?

I Can't Wait To Get Off Work Tom Waits

I'm disheveled and I'm disdainful and I'm distracted and it's painful, But this job sweeping up here is gainfully employing me tonight.

Cold Water Tom Waits

Well I woke up this morning With the cold water With the cold water With the cold water Woke up this morning With the cold water With the cold water With the cold Police at the station And they

Jitterbug Boy Tom Waits

follow my drift Once upon a time I was in show-biz too I seen the Brooklyn Dodgers playing at Ebbets Field Seen the Kentucky Derby too It's fast women, slow horses, unreliable sources, And I'm holding up

Old Boyfriends Tom Waits

They look you up when they're in town To see if they can still burn you down You fell in love you see With someone that I used to be Old Boyfriends Turn up every time it rains, Fall out of the pages in