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“ (Walter Donaldson/Edgar Leslie) / When you hear sweet syncopation / And the music softly... ”
“ check this strange beverage that falls out from the sky, splashin' bagdad... ”
“ Well you gassed her up / Behind the wheel / With your arm around your sweet one / In your... ”
“ little black girl in a red dress / on a hothight with a broken... ”
“ I plugged 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six / and a Black Crow snuck through / a hole in the... ”
“ Well it's 9th and Hennepin / And all the donuts have / Names that sound like... ”
“ (Tom Waits/K. Brennan) / The Ice Man's mule is parked / Outside the... ”
“ hey sight for sore eyes it's a long time no see / workin hard hardly workin hey man you know... ”
“ it's raining it's pouring / and you didn't bring a sweater / nebraska'll never let you come back... ”
“ Well the time will come / When the wind will shout / All stripped down / All stripped... ”
“ My head is spinning round / My heart is in my shoes / I went and set the Thames on... ”
“ When I was a boy, the moon was a pearl the sun a yellow... ”
“ Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, / I drunk me a river since you tore me... ”
“ good mornin mr. snip snip snip witchur haircut jus as short as... ”
“ all my friends are married / every Tom and Dick and Harry / you must be strong / to go it... ”
“ Cuttin' through the cane break / Ratting the sill / Thunder that the rain... ”
“ I got the style but not the grace / I got the clothes but not the... ”
“ (Tommy Faile) / well you see I happened to be back on the east... ”
“ She lives in a house / That's way back off the road / There's a man with a... ”
“ (Tom Waits/K. Brennan) / Take an eye for an eye / Take a tooth for a... ”
“ Mary's on the black top / There's a husband in / the dog house / In the middle of a shakedown / She... ”
“ Blue skies over my head / Give me another reason to get out of bed / And blue skies shine on my... ”
“ She sends me blue valentines / all the way from philadelphia / to mark the... ”
“ licorice tattoo turned a gun metal blue scrawled across the... ”
“ Uncle Vernon / Uncle Vernon / Independent as a / Hog on ice / Hi's a big shot down... ”
“ Don't go to church on Sunday / Don't get on my knees to pray / Don't memorize the books of the... ”
“ hey Charley I'm pregnant / and living on 9-th street / right above a dirty bookstore / off cuclid... ”
“ Sane, sane they're all insane / The fireman's blind, the conductors... ”
“ Crest fallen sidekick in an old cafe / never slept with a dream before he had to go... ”
“ Crest fallen sidekick in an old cafe / never slept with a dream before he had to go... ”
“ Well I woke up this morning / With the cold water / With the cold water / With the cold... ”
“ Well the moon is broken / And the sky is cracked / Come on up to the... ”
“ (Tom Waits/William Burroughs) / Now, George was a good straight boy to begin with, but there was... ”
“ Depot, depot, what am I doing here? / Depot, depot, what am I doing... ”
“ The broken glass / And the rusty nails / Where the violets grow / Say goodbye to the... ”
“ Well these diamonds on my windshield / And these tears from... ”
“ (Tom Waits/K. Brennan) / What does it matter, a dream of love / Or a dream of... ”
“ He went down down down / and the devil called him by name / he went down down... ”
“ red pants and the sugarman in, the temple street gloom, drinkin'... ”
“ Outside another yellow moon / punched a hole in the nighttime... ”
“ Tight-slacked clad girls on the graveyard shift / 'Neath the cement stroll / Catch the midnight... ”
“ Rudy's on the midway / and Jacob's in the hole / the monkey's on the ladder / the devil shovels... ”
“ nighthawks at the diner / of Emma's 49er, there's a... ”
“ late night and early morning low clouds / with a chance of fog / chance of showers into the... ”
“ Well Zenora Bariella / And Coriander Pyle / They had sixteen children / In the usual... ”
“ Well I hung on to Mary's stump / I danced with a soldier's glee / With a rum soaked... ”
“ (Tom Waits/William Burroughs) / The flash pan hunter sways with the... ”
“ when travelling abroad in the continental style / it's my belief one must attempt to be... ”
“ Dream away the tears in your eyes / Dream away your sorrows / Dream away all your... ”
“ Well Frank settled down in the Valley / and hung his wild years / on a nail that he drove... ”
“ Friday left me fumblin' with the blues / And it's hard to win when you always... ”
“ Cold was the night, hard was the ground / They found her in a small grove of... ”
“ Molly be damned smote Jimmy the Harp / With a horrid little pistol and a... ”
“ I got a belly full of you / and that Leavenworth stuff / now I'm gonna get out / And I'm gonna get... ”
“ Well It's a quarter a two / and looking at you / and going down, going down... ”
“ (Tom Waits/K. Brennan) / Well I'm goin' out west / Where the wind blows tall / 'Cause Tony... ”
“ When I was a boy, the moon was a pearl the sun a yellow... ”
“ Come on people / Got to get on board / Train is leavin' / And there's room for one... ”
“ Lay your head where my heart used to be / Hold the earth above me / Lay down in the green... ”
“ Falling James in the Tahoe mud / Stick around to tell us all the... ”
“ Well I had me a girl in LA / I knew she couldn't stay / Had me a girl in San... ”
“ Hang on St. Christopher through the smoke and the oil / Buckle down the rumble... ”
“ liar liar with your pants on fire, white spades hangin' on the... ”
“ They hung a sign up in out town / "if you live it up, you won't / live it... ”
“ Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you / 'Cause falling in love just makes me... ”
“ Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you / 'Cause falling in love just makes me... ”
“ There's a house on my block / That's abandoned and cold / Folks moved out of it a / Long time... ”
“ I don't mind working, 'cause I used to be jerking off most of my time in... ”
“ When I'm lyin' in my bed at night / I don't wanna grow up / nothin' ever seems to turn out... ”
“ Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you / 'Cause falling in love just makes me... ”
“ Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you / 'Cause falling in love just makes me... ”
“ stop me if you've heard this one / i feel as though we've met before / perhaps i'm... ”
“ I want you, you, you / All I want is you, you, you / All I want is... ”
“ Well, I wish I was in New Orleans, I can see it in my... ”
“ Tonight I'll shave the mountain / I'll cut the hearts from pharoahs / I pull the road off of the... ”
“ I'll shoot the moon / Right out of the sky / For you baby / I'll be the pennies / On your... ”
“ I'll tip the newsboy / I'll get a shine / I'll ride this dream / to the end of the line / I'm goin... ”
“ Well I got here at eight and I'll be here till two / I'll try my best to entertain you... ”
“ I'll be clickin' by your house about two forty-five / Sidewalk sundae strawberry... ”
“ In between love and trying to scheme love / Who can tell what we may... ”
“ (Tom Waits/K. Brennan) / The women all control their men / With razors and with... ”
“ Well the eggs chase the bacon / round the fryin' pan / and the whinin' dog... ”
“ The bats are in the belfry / the dew is on the moor / where are the arms that held... ”
“ The bats are in the belfry / the dew is on the moor / where are the arms that held... ”
“ Well she's up against the register with an apron and a... ”
“ got no time for the corner boys, down in the street makin' all that... ”
“ Well, Jesus will be here / Be here soon / he's gonna cover us up with... ”
“ Well, I'm a jitterbug boy, by the shoe-shine / Resting on my laurels and my hardys... ”
“ Edna Million in a drop dead suit / Dutch pink pink on a downtown... ”
“ She's my only true love / she's all that I think of / look here in my wallet / that's... ”
“ There is a light in the forest / There is a face in the tree / I'll pull you out of the... ”
“ Kommienezuspadt / Kommienezuspadt / Kommienezuspadt / Kommienezuspadt / Sei punktlich / Sei... ”
“ Sure as fire will burn / There's one thing you will learn / Those things you have... ”
“ Little trip to heaven on the wings of your love / Banana moon is shining in the... ”
“ Lazy trip to heaven on the wings of your love / Banana moon is shining in the... ”
“ Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely eyes, lonely face, lonely lonely in your... ”
“ Well the sun came in my window Wednesday morning / And your love was like the golden rays... ”
“ I'm on a black elevator / Goin down / Little Joe from Kokomo / It rattles to the... ”
“ The prettiest girl / In all the world / Is in a little Spanish town / But I left her for a Bonnie... ”
“ Ladies and gentlemen / Harry's Harbour Bizarre is proud to present / Under the Big Top... ”
“ (Tom Waits/Joseph Meyer, Al Jolson and Buddy G. De... ”
“ Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye / Hush-a bye my baby, no need to be... ”
“ Sing a song a sixpence, pocket full a rye / Hush by my baby, no need to be... ”
“ Mocking Bird high in a tree / Looks like you got the best of me / Mocking Bird singing his... ”
“ It's more than rain that falls on our parade tonight / it's more than thunder it's more than... ”
“ i spent all my money in a mexican whorehouse, across the street from... ”
“ (Tom Waits/K. Brennan) / There was a murder in the red barn / Murder in the red... ”
“ Well, ring the bell backwards and bury the axe / Fall down on your knees in the... ”
“ Let's put a new coat of paint on this lonesome old town / Set 'em up, we'll be knockin' em... ”
“ there's a blur drizzle down the plateglass / as a neon swizzle stick stirrin up the sultry night... ”
“ Nobody, Nobody / will ever love you / the way I could love you / cause nobody is that... ”
“ No shadow no stars / no moon no cars / November / it only believes / in a pile of dead leaves / and a... ”
“ Well my time went so quickly, I went lickety-splickly out to my old... ”
“ Well I'm singing this song, cause it's time it was sung / I've been putting it off for a... ”
“ I'm singing this song, it's time it was sung / I've been putting it off for a... ”
“ on a foggy night, an abandoned road / in a twilight mirror... ”
“ sticks and stones will break my bones, but i always will be true, and... ”
“ There's a blue eyed girl with a red bow tie / and a string of pearls with one good... ”
“ Smelling like a brewery, looking like a tramp, / I ain't got a quarter, got a postage... ”
“ Sun come up it was blue and gold / Sun come up it was blue and gold / Sun come up it was blue and... ”
“ The evening fell just like a star / Left a trail behind / You spit as you slammed out the... ”
“ I put my chips on her shoulder / running in the carnival time / she bought the things that I told... ”
“ Well the stairs sound so lonely without you / And I ain't maid my bed in a... ”
“ I've seen it all boys / I've been all over / Been everywhere in the / Whole wide... ”
“ Inside a broken clock / Splashing the wine / With all the Rain Dogs / Taxi, we'd rather... ”
“ she wore red shoes by the newstand / as the rain splashed the... ”
“ she wore red shoes by the newstand / as the rain splashed the... ”
“ Well I'm sittin' right here in my rockin chair / Running my fingers right through my... ”
“ romeo is bleeding but not so as you'd notice / he's over on 18hh street as... ”
“ Well I'm sitting on a windowsill, blowing my horn / Nobody's up except the moon and... ”
“ i will leave behind all of my clothes, i wore when i was with you, all... ”
“ it's too early for the circus, it's too late for the bars, no one's... ”
“ Well you hate those diesels rollin' / And those Friday nights out... ”
“ I'm leavin' my fam'ly / Leavin' all my friends / My body's at home / But my heart's in the... ”
“ Well with buck shot eyes and a purple heart / I rolled down the national... ”
“ We sail tonight for Singapore / We're all as mad as hatters here / I've fallen for tawny... ”
“ Small Change got rained on with his own thirty-eight, / And nobody flinched down by the... ”
“ If I was a seagull high in a loof / I'd sail to the highest perch on your... ”
“ Mamas in the kitchen, Daddies on the phone / And nobody knows what's going... ”
“ Davenports and kettle drums / and swallow tail coats / table cloths and patent leather... ”
“ (Tom Waits and Chuck E. Weiss) / well the damn cracked hard just like a bull... ”
“ Step right up, step right up, step right up, / Everyone's a winner, bargains... ”
“ I'm going straight to the top / oh yea up where the air is / fresh and... ”
“ Well Pale Face said / To the Eyeball Kid / She just goes clank and boom and... ”
“ Well he came home from the war / with a party in his head / and modified Brougham... ”
“ Phone's off the hook / No one knows where we are / It's a long time since I / Drank... ”
“ Well ya play that Tarantella / All the hounds they start to roar / And the boys all go to... ”
“ All night long on the broken glass / livin in a medicine chest / mediteromanian hotel... ”
“ Rusted brandy in a diamond glass / everything is made from... ”
“ (Keith Richards/Tom Waits) / Well there's one thing you can't lose / It's that... ”
“ (Tom Waits/William Burroughs) / That's the way the stomach rumbles / That's the way the bee... ”
“ Come on a long with the Black Rider / We'll have a gay old... ”
“ I fell asleep down by the stream / And there I had the strangest... ”
“ A cab combs the snake, / Tryin' to rake in that last night's fare, / And a solitary... ”
“ I love the way / The tattered clouds / Go wind across the sky / As summer goes / And leave... ”
“ The ocean doesn't want me today / But I'll be back tomorrow to play / And the stranglers will take... ”
“ Well this gigolo's jumping salty, ain't no trade out on the... ”
“ The piano has been drinking, my necktie is... ”
“ Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did, I've got what I paid for... ”
“ Well it's hotter 'n blazes and all the long faces / there'll be no oasis for a dry local... ”
“ Well I broke down in E. St. Louis / On the Kansas City line / and I drunk up all my... ”
“ Well I pulled on trouble's braids / and I hid in the briars / out by the quick... ”
“ I lost everything I had in the '29 flood / The barn was buried 'neath a mile of... ”
“ Rattle big black bones / in the danger zone / there's a rumblin' groan / down... ”
“ Well time is always money / For the boys at Union Square / You can bust your ass till... ”
“ Well, I'm walking on down Virginia Avenue / Trying to find somebody to tell my troubles... ”
“ He's got himself a homemade special / You know his glass is full of... ”
“ warm beer and cold women, I just don't fit in / every joint I stumbled into... ”
“ When you walk through the garden / you gotta watch your back / well I beg your... ”
“ What's he building in there? / What the hell is he building / In there? / He has subscriptions to... ”
“ Well when you ain't got nobody, anybody looks nice / Don't take much to make you stop and look... ”
“ I've grown up here now / All of my life / But I dreamed / Someday I'd go / Where blue eyed... ”
“ well i come in on a night train / with an arm full of box cars / on the wings of a... ”
“ (Tom Waits/K. Brennan) / They're lining up / To mad dog your tilta whirl / 3 shots for a... ”
“ put a dead cat on the railraod tracks / when the wolf bains blooming by the... ”
“ If you want money in your pocket / and a top hat on your head / a hot meal on your... ”