Tom Waits (1949)
Tuesday, 21. March 2006, 00:44:15
Madness
"If you want a taste of madness, you'll have to wait in line."
"I may be drunk but at least I'm not insane."
Drinking
“Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.”
"I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink."
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
"There ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk"
"Well, the first rule is not to try to drink with him." (about Keith Richards)
"Oh yeah, I remember my first beer." (to a waitress dropping a tray of drinks)
"The drinks are free and everything... but they hit you up at the door on the way out..."
"I thought I heard a saxophone, I'm drunk on the moon"
"I've got a bottle for a trumpet, a hatbox for a drum..."
"The piano has been drinking, not me."
"I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch"
"I may be drunk but at least I'm not insane."
"Pour me a cab, I just can't drink no more."
"And I'm standing on the corner of Fifth and Vermouth... using parking meters as walking sticks."
Sex
"It seems a stray bullet actually pierced the testicle of a Union soldier and lodged itself in the ovaries of a woman standing approximately 100 ft. away. She's alright, the baby's doing fine... of course the soldier's a little pissed off..."
"I'm so goddamn horny the crack of dawn better watch itself around me."
"Driving dangerous women over dirty sheets"
"Drivin' dangerous curves across the dirty sheets"
"Coleen's belly was shakin' like jelly And I'm gettin' harder than Chinese algebra."
"I'm not weird about it or anything (Masturbating in this instance). I don't tie myself up first or anything."
"You end up taking advantage of yourself. There ain't no way around that."
"Makin' the scene wirth a magazine - there ain't no way around that"
"There's a place down the street; Seven Xs! What does that mean? Maybe it's... girls without skin."
"How 'bout a round of Virgin Marys for those homosexuals over at the corner."
God, Devils & Jesus
"There ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk"
"The Lord is a very busy man... Jesus is always looking for the big picture."
"The bullets that lead straight to the devil's world, just like marijuana leads to heroine."
"Even jesus wanted just a little more time, when he was walkin' spanish down the hall"
"You can tell me that it's gospel but I know that it's only church"
"How can the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves his porch light on."
Down There By The Train
Written by Tom Waits for Johnny Cash
Lyrics: Tom Waits Lyrics
Theres a golden moon that shines up through the mist
And I know that your name can be on that list
Theres no eye for an eye theres no tooth for a tooth
I saw Judas Iscariot carrying John Wilkes Booth
He was down there by the train...
If you've lost all hope, If you've lost all your faith
I know you can be cared for, I know you can be safe
And all of the shamefuls, and all of the whores
And even the soldier who pierced the side of the Lord
Is down there by the train...
Well, I've never asked forgiveness and I've never said a prayer
Never given of myself, never truly cared
I've left the ones who loved me and I'm still raising Cain
I've taken the low road and if you've done the same
Meet me down there by the train...
Tom Waits Live at Warsaw May 26, 2000
Tom Waits - Videoclip - Jockey Full of Bourbon (Warsaw 2000)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KzbT2vfwPA
Poster for Russian fans
DOWNLOAD: Tom Waits Live Warsaw May 26, 2000
Tom Waits (2002): "I appreciate having an audience: it's like kind of shocking sometimes. Like this group in Warsaw that wouldn't leave the theatre, and I was already back at the hotel getting ready for bed. They were just screaming and stomping and I was like, what do we do? Do we go back, you know, isn't the evening over? Or do we go back and play more? That was kind of an odd kind of moment, a tribute, I guess. They wanted to hang out and be in the place where it happened, that was cool." (Source: "Never one for the conventional" Inpress Magazine (Melbourne, Australia) by James Nicholas Joyce. May 1, 2002.)
"If you want a taste of madness, you'll have to wait in line."
"I may be drunk but at least I'm not insane."
Drinking
“Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.”
"I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink."
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
"There ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk"
"Well, the first rule is not to try to drink with him." (about Keith Richards)
"Oh yeah, I remember my first beer." (to a waitress dropping a tray of drinks)
"The drinks are free and everything... but they hit you up at the door on the way out..."
"I thought I heard a saxophone, I'm drunk on the moon"
"I've got a bottle for a trumpet, a hatbox for a drum..."
"The piano has been drinking, not me."
"I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch"
"I may be drunk but at least I'm not insane."
"Pour me a cab, I just can't drink no more."
"And I'm standing on the corner of Fifth and Vermouth... using parking meters as walking sticks."
Sex
"It seems a stray bullet actually pierced the testicle of a Union soldier and lodged itself in the ovaries of a woman standing approximately 100 ft. away. She's alright, the baby's doing fine... of course the soldier's a little pissed off..."
"I'm so goddamn horny the crack of dawn better watch itself around me."
"Driving dangerous women over dirty sheets"
"Drivin' dangerous curves across the dirty sheets"
"Coleen's belly was shakin' like jelly And I'm gettin' harder than Chinese algebra."
"I'm not weird about it or anything (Masturbating in this instance). I don't tie myself up first or anything."
"You end up taking advantage of yourself. There ain't no way around that."
"Makin' the scene wirth a magazine - there ain't no way around that"
"There's a place down the street; Seven Xs! What does that mean? Maybe it's... girls without skin."
"How 'bout a round of Virgin Marys for those homosexuals over at the corner."
God, Devils & Jesus
"There ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk"
"The Lord is a very busy man... Jesus is always looking for the big picture."
"The bullets that lead straight to the devil's world, just like marijuana leads to heroine."
"Even jesus wanted just a little more time, when he was walkin' spanish down the hall"
"You can tell me that it's gospel but I know that it's only church"
"How can the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves his porch light on."
Down There By The Train
Written by Tom Waits for Johnny Cash
Lyrics: Tom Waits Lyrics
Theres a golden moon that shines up through the mist
And I know that your name can be on that list
Theres no eye for an eye theres no tooth for a tooth
I saw Judas Iscariot carrying John Wilkes Booth
He was down there by the train...
If you've lost all hope, If you've lost all your faith
I know you can be cared for, I know you can be safe
And all of the shamefuls, and all of the whores
And even the soldier who pierced the side of the Lord
Is down there by the train...
Well, I've never asked forgiveness and I've never said a prayer
Never given of myself, never truly cared
I've left the ones who loved me and I'm still raising Cain
I've taken the low road and if you've done the same
Meet me down there by the train...
Tom Waits Live at Warsaw May 26, 2000
Tom Waits - Videoclip - Jockey Full of Bourbon (Warsaw 2000)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KzbT2vfwPA
Poster for Russian fans
DOWNLOAD: Tom Waits Live Warsaw May 26, 2000
Tom Waits (2002): "I appreciate having an audience: it's like kind of shocking sometimes. Like this group in Warsaw that wouldn't leave the theatre, and I was already back at the hotel getting ready for bed. They were just screaming and stomping and I was like, what do we do? Do we go back, you know, isn't the evening over? Or do we go back and play more? That was kind of an odd kind of moment, a tribute, I guess. They wanted to hang out and be in the place where it happened, that was cool." (Source: "Never one for the conventional" Inpress Magazine (Melbourne, Australia) by James Nicholas Joyce. May 1, 2002.)
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