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Tom Waits – Goin' Out West
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Well I'm going out west / Where the wind blows tall / 'Cause Tony Franciosa / Used to date my ma / They got some money out there / They're giving it away / I'm gonna do what I want
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Tom Waits – Goin' Out West (2023 Remaster)
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[Verse 1] / I'm going out west where the wind blows tall / 'Cause Tony Franciosa used to date my ma / They got some money out there, they're giving it away / I'm gonna do what I
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Queens of the Stone Age – Goin' Out West
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Cover of https://genius.com/Tom-Waits-goin-out-west-lyrics .
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Tom Waits – Earth Died Screaming
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[Verse 1] / Rudy's on the midway and Jacob's in the hole / The monkey's on the ladder, the devil shovels coal / With crows as big as airplanes, the lion has three heads / And
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Tom Waits – Falling Down
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From Tom Waits' live album Big Time, “Falling Down” was actually a studio recording. Waits plays organ on the track.
This song was later covered by actress Scarlett Johansson for
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Tom Waits – Who Are You
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Who Are You blends sweet melodiousness with a wry and subtly scathing message of scorn and jealousy. It’s a confrontation between two people who have a lot of shared history, and
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Tom Waits – Dirt in the Ground
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What does it matter, a dream of love or a dream of lies? / We're all gonna be the same place when we die / Your spirit don't leave knowing your face or your name / And the wind
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Tom Waits – All Stripped Down
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Yeah, yeah, yeah / Well, the time will come when the wind will shout / (All stripped down, all stripped down) / And all the sinners know what I'm talking about / (All stripped down
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Tom Waits – Ol' 55
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One of Tom Waits' first songs. Initially, he was flattered when The Eagles covered it, but later he spoke derisively about their homage:
I frankly was not that particularly crazy
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Tom Waits – A Little Rain (for Clyde)
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Well, the ice man's mule is parked outside the bar / Where a man with missing fingers plays a strange guitar / And the German dwarf dances with the butcher's son / And tonight, a
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Tom Waits – Lucky Day
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The prettiest girl in all the world / Lives in a little Spanish town / But I left her for a bonnie lass / And I told her I'd see her around / But that bonnie lass and her heart of
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Tom Waits – Tom's Tales
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Okay, alright, thank you, alright… now we can chat a bit. Okay, um, this is really weird. You know, vultures, I’ve seen a lot of vultures since I’ve entered the Texas border, a lot
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Tom Waits – Ain't Goin' Down to the Well
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Ain't goin' down / Ain't goin' down / Momma to the well / Momma to the well / Momma to the well / Momma to the well / No more / Ain't goin' down / Ain't goin' down / Momma to the
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Tom Waits – I Don't Wanna Grow Up (2023 Remaster)
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[Verse 1] / Well, when I'm lyin' in my bed at night / I don't wanna grow up / Nothin' ever seem to turn out right / I don't wanna grow up / How do you move in a world of fog / That
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Tom Waits – Lucinda
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Well, they call me William the Pleaser / I sold opium, fireworks and lead / Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers / When the shadows get long, I'll be dead / Now her hair was
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Tom Waits – Get Behind the Mule
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Waits on the inspiration for the song:
That’s what Robert Johnson’s father said about Robert, because he ran away. He said, ‘Trouble with Robert is he wouldn’t get behind the mule
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Tom Waits – In the Colosseum
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America likes to describe itself as the “New Rome” in terms of its glory and power, but Rome had a dark side too, and the comparison goes both ways…
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Tom Waits – Singapore
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We sail tonight for Singapore / We’re all as mad as hatters here / I’ve fallen for a tawny moor / Took off to the Land of Nod / Drank with all the Chinamen / Walked the sewers of
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Tom Waits – The Ocean Doesn't Want Me
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The ocean doesn't want me today / But I'll be back tomorrow to play / And the strangels will take me / Down deep in their brine / The mischievous braingels / Down into the endless
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Tom Waits – I'll Shoot the Moon
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I'll shoot the moon right out of the sky for you, baby / I'll be the pennies on your eyes for you, baby / I want to take you out to the fair / Here is a red rose ribbon for your
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Tom Waits – Green Grass
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[Verse 1] / Lay your head where my heart used to be / Hold the earth above me / Lay down in the green grass / Remember when you loved me / [Verse 2] / Come closer, don't be shy
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Tom Waits – Murder in the Red Barn
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There was a murder in the red barn / A murder in the red barn / The trees are bending over / And the cows are lying down / The autumn's taking over / You can hear the buckshot
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Tom Waits – Fannin Street
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There's a crooked street in Houston Town / It's a well-worn path I've traveled down / Now there's ruin in my name / I wish I'd never got off the train / And I wish I'd listened to
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Tom Waits – Metropolitan Glide
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Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready? / Knocky Parker told Bowlegged Sal / They all know how to kick it in Cal / They're playing this dope and this money tune / Dancing baby
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Tom Waits – Jesus Gonna Be Here
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Well, Jesus gonna be here / He gonna be here soon / He's gonna cover us up with leaves / With a blanket from the moon / With a promise and a vow / And a lullaby for my brow / Well
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Tom Waits – Black Wings
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Well, take an eye for an eye / A tooth for a tooth / Just like they say in the Bible / Well, never leave a trace / Or forget a face / Of any man at the table / Any man at the table
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Tom Waits – Whistle Down the Wind
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I grew up here, all of my life / I dreamed someday I'd go / Where the blue-eyed girls and the red guitars / And the naked rivers flow / Now I'm not all I thought I'd be / I've
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Tom Waits – I Don't Wanna Grow Up
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Well, when I'm lyin' in my bed at night / I don't wanna grow up / Nothin' ever seems to turn out right / I don't wanna grow up / How do you move in a world of fog / That's always
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Tom Waits (Ft. Keith Richards) – That Feel
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Bone Machine’s closing track is one of Waits' numerous collaborations with rock icon Keith Richards. Waits has such affection for Richards, he even wrote a poem for him.
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Tom Waits – Such a Scream
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Well, pale face said to the eyeball kid / She just goes clank and boom and steam / A halo, wings, horns and a tail / Shoveling coal inside my dreams / There are no laws, she's made
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Tom Waits – Circus
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We put up our tent on a dark green knoll / Outside of town by the train tracks and a seagull dump / Topping the bill was Horse Face Ethel and her Marvelous Pigs in Satin / We
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Tom Waits – Children's Story
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Once upon a time there was a poor child / With no father and no mother / And everything was dead / And no one was left in the whole world / Everything was dead / And the child went
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Tom Waits – Let Me Get Up on It
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C'mon let me get up on it
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Tom Waits – The Part You Throw Away
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You dance real slow, you wreck it down / Then you walk away, you turn around / What did that old blonde gal say? / That is the part / You throw away / I want that beggar's eyes, a
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Rolling Stone – The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
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This list was published online on May 31, 2012. It is a followup to the 2003 list of the same name.
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