My Favourite Tom Waits Lyrics
Napoleon is weeping in a carnival saloon
His invisible fiancée's in the mirror
The newspapers were fooling
And the ashtrays have retired
Money's just something you throw off the back of a train
Got a head full of lightning and a hat full of rain
Well, go ahead, call the cops
You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
The places that I'm dreaming of
Do they dream only of me?
Just like before the band starts to play,
They always play our favorite tune...
Got a bad liver and a broken heart
Yes, I've drunk me a river since you tore me apart
Get down off that cross
We need the wood
A solitary sailor spends the facts of his life
Like small change on strangers
I'd love to go drowning, and to stay and stay
But the ocean doesn't want me today
It must have been a train that took me away from here
But a train can't bring me home
The wind is making speeches
And the rain sounds like a round of applause
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Now it's closing time, the music's fading out
Last call for drinks, I'll have another stout.
I'll never kiss your lips again,
or break your heart, as I say goodbye I'll say goodbye
And manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories,
They want a piece of the action anyhow
Caren, I didn't realise you were such a big Tom Waits fan.
Good additions to the list.
I do love me some Tom Waits!! Every now and then I go on a TW kick.
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