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walk away – Tom Waits


There are things I’ve done I can’t erase I want to look in the mirror, see another face I said never would I do it again I want to walk away, start over again.   Dot King was whittled from … Continue reading

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Tom Waits…. the crooked tree grows stronger


Tom Waits…. “My kids are starting to notice I’m a little different from the other dads. “Why don’t you have a straight job like everyone else?” they asked me the other day. I told them this story: In the forest, … Continue reading

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I don’t wanna grow up – Tom Waits [and The Ramones]


I don’t wanna grow up written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan When I’m lyin’ in my bed at night I don’t wanna grow up Nothing ever seems to turn out right I don’t wanna grow up How do you … Continue reading

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you’re innocent when you dream – Tom Waits


The bats are in the belfry the dew is on the moor where are the arms that held me and pledged her love before and pledged her love before [CHORUS] It’s such a sad old feeling the fields are soft … Continue reading

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