day two of a week of Tom Waits lyrics...
who are you by tom waits and kathleen brennan
They're lining up
To mad dog your tilta-whirl
three shots for a dollar
Win a real live doll
All the lies that you tell
I believed them so well. Take them back
Take them back to your red house
For that fearful leap into the dark
I did my time
In the jail of your arms
Now Ophelia wants to know
Where she should turn
Tell me...what did you do
What did you do the last time?
Why don't you do that
Go on ahead and take this the wrong way
Time's not your friend
Do you cry. Do you pray
Do you wish them away
Do you still leave nothing
But bones in the way
Did you bury the carnival
Lions and all
Excuse me while I sharpen my nails
And just who are you this time?
You look rather tired
Are you pretending to love
Well I hear that it pays well
How do your pistol and your Bible and your
Sleeping pills go?
Are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes?
Well I fell in love
With your sailor's mouth and your wounded eyes
You better get down on the floor
Don't you know this is war
Tell me who are you this time?
Tell me who are you this time?
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and don't forget...help is on the way!
Kerry/Edwards in 2004
and register to vote here.
who are you by tom waits and kathleen brennan
They're lining up
To mad dog your tilta-whirl
three shots for a dollar
Win a real live doll
All the lies that you tell
I believed them so well. Take them back
Take them back to your red house
For that fearful leap into the dark
I did my time
In the jail of your arms
Now Ophelia wants to know
Where she should turn
Tell me...what did you do
What did you do the last time?
Why don't you do that
Go on ahead and take this the wrong way
Time's not your friend
Do you cry. Do you pray
Do you wish them away
Do you still leave nothing
But bones in the way
Did you bury the carnival
Lions and all
Excuse me while I sharpen my nails
And just who are you this time?
You look rather tired
Are you pretending to love
Well I hear that it pays well
How do your pistol and your Bible and your
Sleeping pills go?
Are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes?
Well I fell in love
With your sailor's mouth and your wounded eyes
You better get down on the floor
Don't you know this is war
Tell me who are you this time?
Tell me who are you this time?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
and don't forget...help is on the way!
Kerry/Edwards in 2004
and register to vote here.
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I agree that there should be a Tom Waits week each and every year! And I am so jealous you've actually seen him.... no one ever wants to play in Florida. But the one I saw on tv was from Austin City Limits in 79 and he was amazing to say the least. Do Small Change!! I won't delve into it much, but you have to love a song that says "cheshire grins and the raconteurs and roustabouts said buddy come on in cause the dreams ain't broken down here now now ...they're walking with a limp...." Seriously, who uses the words raconteurs and roustabouts?