Big In Japan Tom Waits

I got the style but not the grace I got the clothes but not the face I got the bread but not the butter I got the winda but not the shutter But I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan But heh I'm big in

Big Black Mariah Tom Waits

to the floor Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah Here come the Big Black Mariah, I seen the big black Ford Well he's all boxed up on a red belle dame Hunted Black Johnny

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

Big Joe And Phantom 309 Tom Waits

well you know Times get hard and well I got down on my luck And I got tired of just roamin' and bummin' Around, so I started thumbin' my way Back to my old hometown You know I made quite a few miles In

Cemetery Polka Tom Waits

Uncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon, independent as a hog on ice He's a big shot down there at the slaughterhouse Plays accordion for Mr.

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

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

Underground Tom Waits

Rattle big black bones in the danger zone there's a rumblin' groan down below there's a big dark town it's a place I've found there's a world going on Underground they're alive, they're awake while the

Spidey's Wild Ride Tom Waits

> The smoke from the battle fish and the rain soaked through and the wheelman left the shore and barns tumbled and silos flew across fifteen miles bad road tar And big Bull Trometer hung on to the side

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

Get Behind The Mule Tom Waits

Molly be damned smote Jimmy the Harp With a horrid little pistol and a lariat She's goin to the bottom And she's goin down the drain Said she wasn't big enough to carry it She got to get behind the

Shiny Things Tom Waits

The things a crow puts in its nest, They're always things it finds that shine. And how he'll find a shiny dime, Silver twine, from a valentine. The crows all bring them shiny things.

Filipino Box Spring Hog Tom Waits

Well I hung on to Mary's stump I danced with a 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

In The Neighborhood Tom Waits

chase the bacon round the fryin' pan and the whinin' dog pidgeons by the steeple bell rope and the dogs tipped the garbage pails over last night and there's always construction work bothering you In

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

Buzz Fledderjohn Tom Waits

I stood on the roof, stood toward dark To get a better look at the Fledderjons' lawn Big sharp pistols, ammo too Nothing but books about World War II Rottweiler, Dobermann, a Pinkerton guard I ain't allowed

The Fall Of Troy Tom Waits

> It's the same with men as with horses and dogs Nothing wants to die Evelyn James they killed in a game With guns too big for their hands Just off St.

God's Away On Business Tom Waits

, for a buck If you're looking for someone To pull you out of that ditch You're out of luck, you're out of luck The ship is sinking The ship is sinking The ship is sinking There's leak, there's leak, In

Rosie Tom Waits

And the moon's all up, full and big, apricot tips in an indigo sky, And I've been loving you, Rosie, since the day I was born And I'll love you, Rosie 'til the day I die. Rosie, why do you evade?

It's Over Tom Waits

unmade bed It's always me whenever there's trouble The world does nothing but turn And the ring it fell off my finger I guess I'll never learn But it's over, it's over, it's over I'm getting dressed in

Chocolate Jesus Tom Waits

Suitable for this boy Well it's the only thing That can pick me up Better than a cup of gold See only a chocolate Jesus Can satisfy my soul (Solo) When the weather gets rough And it's whiskey in

First Kiss Tom Waits

She drove a big ol' Lincoln with suicide doors and a sewing machine in the back And a light bulb that looked like an alligator egg was mounted up front on the hood And she had an Easter bonnet that had

Little Boy Blue Tom Waits

abracadabra Now she disappeared Now everything's canada dry So watch your behavior And rattle your cane With a bottle of bourbon Good-bye Little boy blow Lost little bo peep She fell thru a hole in

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

The One That Got Away Tom Waits

Well this gigolo's jumping salty, ain't no trade out on the streets, Half past the unlucky, and the hawk's a front-row seat Dressed in full orchestration, stage-door Johnny's got to pay, And sent him home

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

Eyeball Kid Tom Waits

Well Zenora Bariella And Coriander Pyle They had sixteen children In 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

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

King Kong Tom Waits

the mountain Into some water And then later He came looking for his woman But they were waiting And they threw a bomb And they tied him And took him across the ocean And they chained him And put him in

Top Of The Hill Tom Waits

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 miss you plenty big

Sins Of My Father Tom Waits

mother I"m gonna take the sins of my brother Down to the pond Birds cry warning from a hidden branch Carving out a future with a gun and an axe I'm way beyond the gavel and the laws of man Still living in

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 [?

Halloween Japan

The cottage is windswept Now there's only sorrow here Follow evacuation signs You're detached and broken And so sentimental now Remembering how we passed our time Somebody waits for me Far beyond

Lord I've Been Changed Tom Waits

Woah I, know I've been changed And I know I've been changed I know I've been changed Angels in heaven done sign my name Angels in heaven done sign my name Well, I know I got religion, Lord knows I'm not

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'

What's He Building? Tom Waits

What's he building in there? With that hook light On the stairs. What's he building In there...

Cold Cold Ground Tom Waits

Crest fallen sidekick in an old cafe never slept with a dream before he had to go away there's a bell in the tower Uncle Ray bought a round don't worry about the army in the cold cold ground now don't

Tom Traubert's Blues Tom Waits

dogs are barking and the taxi cab's parking A lot they can do for me I begged you to stab me, you tore my shirt open, And I'm down on my knees tonight Old Bushmill's I staggered, you'd bury the dagger In

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

Please Wake Me Up Tom Waits

I put my chips on her shoulder running in the 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

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.

I'll Be Gone Tom Waits

Tonight I'll shave the mountain I'll cut the hearts from pharoahs I pull the road off of the rise tear the memories from my eyes and in the morning I'll be gone I drink 1000 shipwrecks tonight I'll steal

Woe Tom Waits

I've never been myself Lived for someone else In the dark I dig into my flesh I'm calling out, I'm calling out I'm crying out for my death I cry in woe Why am I even here?

Town With No Cheer Tom Waits

no oasis for a dry local grazier there'll be no refreshment for a thirsty jackaroo from Melbourne to Adelaide on the overlander with newfangled buffet cars and faster locomotives the train stopped in

I Wish I Was In New Orleans Tom Waits

Well, I wish I was in New Orleans, I can see it in my dreams, Arm-in-arm down Burgundy, a bottle and my friends and me Hoist up a few tall cool ones, play some pool and listen To that tenor saxophone

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.

Goodnight Irene Tom Waits

I'll see you in my dreams. Last Saturday night I got married. Me and my wife settled down. Now, me and my wife are parted. Gonna take a little stroll downtown.

Red Shoes By The Drugstore Tom Waits

She wore red shoes by the news-stand As the rain splashed the nickel Spilled like chablis along the midway There's a little blue jay In a red dress, on a sad night One straw in a root-beer A compact with

Home I'll Never Be Tom Waits

I left New York in 1949 To go across the country without a bad blame dime Montana in the cold cold fall Found my father in the gambling hall Father, Father where you been?

On The Road Tom Waits

I left New York in 1949 To go across the country without a bad blame dime Montana in the cold cold fall Found my father in the gambling hall Father, Father where you been?