Step Right Up Tom Waits Tribute [omnibus] (2004) by Various Artists (보컬) on maniadb.com

I was singing this song, it's time it was sung
I've been putting it off for a while
But it's harder right now, 'cause the truth isn't clear
And I will cry when I see Henry smile

So goodbye, so long, the road calls me, dear
And your tears cannot find me anymore
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
I'm gonna kiss you, and then I'll be gone

And every time that I tried to tell you that we'd
Lost the magic we had at the start
I would weep, my heart, when I looked in your eyes
And I searched once again for the spark

So goodbye, so long, the road calls me, dear
And your tears cannot find me anymore
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
I'm gonna kiss you, and then I'll be gone

I can see by your eyes, it's time now to go
So I'll leave you to cry in the rain
Though I held in my hand the key to all joy
My heart wasn't born to be tamed

So goodbye, so long, the road calls me, dear
And your tears cannot find me anymore
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
Then I'll kiss you, and then I'll be gone

All my friends are married
Every Tom and Dick and Harry
You must be strong if you're to go it alone
Here's to the bachelors and bowery bums
All that feel that they're the ones
That are better off without a wife

I like to sleep until the crack of noon
Midnight howlin' at the moon
Goin' out when I want to and I come home when I please
Don't need to ask permission
If I wanna go out fishin'
Never have to ask for the keys

I've never been no Valentino
But I had a girl who lived in Reno
Left me for a trumpet player, didn't let it get me down
He was wanted for assault
Though he said it weren't his fault
You know the coppers rode him right out of town

I like sleepin' to the crack of noon
Midnight howlin' at the moon
Goin' out when I want to and I come home when I please
Don't need to ask permission
If I wanna go out fishin'
Never have to ask for the keys

I've been sleepin' to the crack of noon
Midnight howlin' at the moon
Goin' out when I want to, comin' home when I please
Don't need to ask permission
If I wanna go out fishin'
Never have to ask for the keys

So I'm selfish 'bout my privacy
But as long as I can be with me
We get along so very well I can't believe it
I love to chew the fat with folks
I've been listening to all your dirty jokes
And I'm thankful for these friends I do receive

I been sleepin' to the crack of noon
Midnight howlin' at the moon
Goin' out when I want to, comin' home when I please
I don't need to ask permission
If I wanna go out fishin'
Never have to ask for the keys

Here's to the bachelors and bowery bums
Those that feel that they're the ones
That are better off without a wife

Hey Charlie I'm pregnant
and living on the 9th Street
right above a dirty bookstore
off Euclid Avenue
And I stopped takin dope
And I quit drinkin whiskey
And my old man plays the trombone
and works out at the track

And he says that he loves me
even though its not his baby
And he says that he'll raise him up
like he would his own son
And he gave me a ring
that was worn by his mother
And he takes me out dancin
every Saturday night.

And hey Charlie I think about you
everytime I pass a fillin station
on account of all the grease
you used to wear in your hair
And I still have that record
of Little Anthony & The Imperials
but someone stole my record player
Now how do you like that?

Hey Charlie I almost went crazy
after Mario got busted
So I went back to Omaha to
live with my folks
but everyone I used to know
was either dead or in prison
So I came back to Minneapolis
This time I think I'm gonna stay.

Hey Charlie I think I'm happy
for the first time since my accident
And I wish I had all the money
that we used to spend on dope
I'd buy me a used car lot
and I wouldn't sell any of em
I'd just drive a different car
every day, dependin on how
I feel

Hey Charlie for Christsakes
do you want to know the
truth of it?
I don't have a husband
He don't play the trombone
And I need to borrow money
to pay this lawyer
And Charlie, hey
I'll be eligible for parole
come Valentine's Day

Operator, number please
It's been so many years
She'll remember my old voice
While I fight the tears

Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
This is ol' Tom Frost
Now I'm calling long distance
Don't worry 'bout the cost

It's been twenty years or more
Now Martha please recall
And meet me out for coffee
Where we'll talk about it all

And those were days of roses
Of poetry and prose
And Martha all I had was you
And all you had was me

There was no tomorrow
We packed away our sorrows
And saved 'em for a rainy day
And I remember quiet evenings
Trembling close to you



I feel so much older now
You're much older too
How's the husband
And how's the kids
You know I got married too

Lucky that you found someone
Who makes you feel secure
We were all so young and foolish
Now we are mature

I was always so impulsive
Guess that I still am
But all that really mattered then
Was that I was a man

Guess that our bein' together
Was never meant to be
But Martha, Martha, I love you
Can't you see and