Top 20 Tom Waits

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"It takes much more than wild courage
Or you'll hit just the tattered clouds
You must have just the right bullets
And the first one's always free."

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"Today is grey skies
Tomorrow is tears
You'll have to wait 'til yesterday is here."

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"I'll tell you all my secrets
But I lie about my past."

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"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."

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"I'm gonna put a hole in my T.V. set
I don't wanna grow up
Open up the medicine chest
And I don't wanna grow up."

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"And let me tell you I'm dreaming..."

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"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."

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"No good you say ?
Well that’s good enough for me."

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"I want to know, am I the sky or a bird ?"

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"You know the bartenders all know my name
And they catch me when I'm pulling up lame."

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"The glass wants a wine
The fist wants to hurt
The clock wants the time
And the show wants the word."

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"She got me gone back here
But don't sit there
She let me keep the deck-chair."

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"Auntie Mame has gone insane
She lives in the doorway of an old hotel
And the radio is playing opera
All she ever says is : Go to hell."

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"Let's put a new coat of paint on this lonesome old town
Set em' up, we'll be knockin' 'em down
You wear a dress, baby, I'll a tie
We'll laugh at that old bloodshot moon in that burgundy sky."

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"Inside a broken clock, splashing the wine with all the rain dogs."

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"Well, maybe God himself is lost and needs help."

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"And the band is awful, and so are the tunes."

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"I know Jesus loves me
Maybe just a little bit more."

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"Well it's hard times for some
For others it's sweet
Someone makes money
When there's blood in the street."