Jayne's Blue Wish Tom Waits

> The sky holds all our wishesThe dish ran away with the spoonChimney smoke ties the roofs to the skyThere's a hole overheadIt's only the moonWill there ever be a treeGrown from the seeds I've s...

Blue Valentines Tom Waits

She sends me blue valentines All the way from Philadelphia To mark the anniversary Of someone that I used to be And it feels just like theres A warrant out for my arrest Got me checkin in my rearview

Opening Montage Tom Waits

[Tom Waits:] I wish I had a dollar for each time I took a chance [Crystal Gayle:] On all those two bit Romeos who counterfeit romance [Tom Waits:] Somehow always thinking of the last time I fell down

Little Drop of Poison Tom Waits

drop of poison She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall She always had that little drop of poison Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping Someone said you'll never get a wish

Little Boy Blue Tom Waits

before noon She used to render You legal and tender When you used to Send her your promises boy A dill or a dollar Unbutton your collar Come out and holler Out all of your noise Little boy blue

All the World Is Green Tom Waits

I fell into the ocean When you became my wife I risked it all aganist the sea To have a better life Marie you're the wild blue sky And men do foolish things You turn kings into beggars And beggars

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.

Poncho's Lament Tom Waits

week Coffee stains on the paper I'm writing And I'm too choked up inside to speak And Yes, I know our differences pulled us apart Never spoke a word heart to heart And I'm glad that you're gone But I wish

A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun Tom Waits

pouring Didn't bring a sweater Nebraska never lets you come back home No Hollywood wine by the thrifty mart sign Any night I'll be willin' to bet There's a young girl With sweet little dreams, pretty blue

Hold On Tom Waits

Louis got the best of me I miss your broken-china voice How I wish you were still here with me Well, you build it up, you wreck it down You burn your mansion to the ground When there's nothing left

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

Back In The Crowd Tom Waits

arms to hold you If you don't want these lips to kiss you If you found someone new Put me back in the crowd Put the sun behind the clouds Put me back in the crowd There's a battle going on between the blue

Tom Traubert`s Blues Tom Waits

Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did, I've got what I paid for now See you tomorrow, hey Frank, can I borrow a couple of bucks from you To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, You'll ...

Frank`s Wild Years Tom Waits

Well he came home from the war with a party in his head and modified Brougham DeVille and a pair of legs that opened up like butterfly wings and a mad dog that wouldn't sit still he went and took u...

Telephone Call From Istanbul Tom Waits

All night long on the broken glass livin in a medicine chest mediteromanian hotel back sprawled across a roll top desk the old monkey rode the blade on an overhead fan they paint the donkey blue if you

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

Please Call Me, Baby Tom Waits

my devils Well my angels may leave too When they leave they're so hard to find (Chorus) We're always at each other's throats It drives me up the wall Most of the time I'm just blowing off steam And I wish

Broken Bicycles Tom Waits

Somebody must Have an orphanage for these things that nobody Wants any more September\'s reminding July It\'s time to be saying ... good-bye. Summer is gone, But our love will remain.

Is There Any Way Out Of This Dream? Tom Waits

I can see clearly nothing as clear I keep falling apart ev'ry year Let's take a hammer to it There's no glamour in it Is there any way out of this dream I'm as blue as i can possibly be Is there someone

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'

Blind Love Tom Waits

of love is stone blind love Blind love, the only kind of love is stone blind love With your blind love, oh it's blind love, stone blind love It's your stone blind love Now the street's turning blue

Shake It Tom Waits

Strip Poker Motel Got a small blue tail Hot ice, cold cash I never been no good at staying out of jail Wheel spin, roulette Who's giving, don't get Ripped shirt, black eye Tuxedo, bow tie Dark sound, straight

On The Other Side Of The World Tom Waits

There's a blue eyed girl with a red bow tie and a string of pearls with one good eye in a rainy town the chimney smoke will curl no one likes clowns on the other side of the world and the children know

Please Call Me Baby Tom Waits

insane I don't want you catchin' your death of cold Out walkin' in the rain We're always at each other's throats It drives me up the wall Most of the time I'm just blowing off steam And I wish

Take It With Me Tom Waits

Phone's off the hook No one knows where we are It's a long time since I Drank champagne The ocean is blue As blue as your eyes I'm gonna take it with me When I go Old long since gone Now way

Shiver Me Timbers Tom Waits

So come on and swallow me, don't follow me I'm trav'lin' alone Blue water's my daughter 'n I'm gonna skip like a stone So please call my missus Tell her not to cry 'Cause my goodbye is written By the moon

Big Black Mariah Tom Waits

old blind tiger, got an old bell Jim Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the big black Ford Sent to the skies on a Benny Jag Blue

All The Time Tom Waits

jacket to put on and a hat to wear I wouldn't waste a gallon on you out there And I got all the time in the world A bridge is only there for you to jump off of And there ain't no rain clouds that are blue

Temptation Tom Waits

know that she is made of smoke but I've lost my way she knows that I am broke so that I must play temptation, temptation, temptation oh, woah, temptation, temptation, I can resist Dutch pink and Italian blue

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

Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) Tom Waits

waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda You\'ll go waltzing Matilda with me I\'m an innocent victim of a blinded alley And I\'m tired of all these soldiers here No one speaks English, and everything\'s

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?

Take Me Home Tom Waits

s not around without you I？m so sorry that I broke your heart please don？t leave my side Take me home you silly boy ？cause I？m still in love with you

Widow's Grove Tom Waits

petals dropped as you fell And you grabbed then shyly held me, against the stone cold well In your hand was a glass, you held the ice against the night And it dripped and it sparkled and I laughed a wish

Green Finch and Linnett Bird Jayne Wisener

Outside the sky waits beckoning! Beckoning! Just beyond the bars... How can you remain staring at the rain maddened by the stars? How is it you sing anything? How is it you sing?

Altar Boy Tom Waits

> He's an ol' altar boy Lying out there in the street He's an ol' alter boy Bound up in leather and chains That's why I'm feeling so blue I'm an old altar boy What about you?

Circus Tom Waits

But I'd like to hammer this ring into a bullet And I wish I had some whiskey and a gun my dear And I wish I had some whiskey and a gun my dear

Pony Tom Waits

I wish I was home in Evelyn's Kitchen With old Gyp curled around my feet (Chorus)

Depot, Depot Tom Waits

I ain't coming, I ain't going My confusion is showing Outside the midnight wind is blowing Sixth Avenue I'm gonna paint myself blue At the depot I watch the taxis pull up and idle I can't claim

Old Boyfriends Tom Waits

Tho I very seldom think of him, Nevertheless sometimes a mannequin's Blue satin dress can make the window Like a dream Ah but now those dreams belong to someone else, Now they talk endlessly In a drawer

The Part You Throw Away Tom Waits

I cant help feeling as I close the door I have done all of this... many times before But the bone must go The wish can stay The kiss dont know what the lips will say Forget I've hurt you Put stones in

Semi Suite Tom Waits

Well you hate those diesels rollin' And those Friday nights out bowlin' When he's off for a twelve hour lay over night You wish you had a dollar For every time he hollered That he's leavin' And he's never

Little Trip to Heaven (On the Wings of your Love) Tom Waits

You're my north star when I'm lost and feeling blue, The sun is breaking through the clouds don't you, don't you know it's true?

Ruby's Arms Tom Waits

i say goodbye to ruby's arms, although my heart is breaking, i will steal away out through your blinds, for soon you will be waking. the morning light has washed your face, and everything is turning blue

On A Foggy Night Tom Waits

I can't really tell You got to tell me is that a vacancy lodge There's no consolation What kind of situation To be aimlessly skewed Amidst a powder blue?

LowDown Tom Waits

Eyed Al The second hand moon's shining for my gal She's a big red flag in a mean bullpen She'll steal it from you, sell right Back to you again Well she's a whild rose, she's not settled Cold gun of ice blue

Just The Right Bullets Tom Waits

bullets And they shine just like a spoon To have sixty silver wishes Is a small price to pay They'll be your private little fishes And they'll never swim away I just want you to be happy That's my only wish

Foreign Affair Tom Waits

handkerchief from shore by a girl that drives a rambler and furthermore is overly concerned that she won't see him anymore planes and trains and boats and buses characteristically evoke a common attitude of blue

Buzz Fledderjohn Tom Waits

Well, the sailor's ringing doorbells, the sinner's in the pew Weathervane's squeaking to the west I seen the cliffs of Dover and the deepest ocean blue One thing in the world I can't recommend to you Because

Picking Up After You Tom Waits

Smells like a poolhall Where's my other shoe And I'm sick and tired of pickin' up after you Looks like you spent the nite in a trench And tell me, How long have you been combing your hair with a wrench Blue