Tom Waits - Chase the Clouds Away (with lyrics)

[Jfishart]

Thank You for being

[Anchorbaby44]

Words can not describe how much I am in love with this song and Tom...

[Mgaak]

I feel offended after listening to his song.

[glassoniongirl64]

@Mgaak ...why?

[HugsplosionBabyBacon]

I know that it seems silly but every time his voice breaks at "I'll give my love a wedding ring/The briar and the rose shall be/Entwined, my love, forever more" my heart skips a beat and I get choked up. Such unbridled joy and happiness. And totally ignorant to the looming doom and peril. Absolutely beautiful.

I'm glad I found a gal who appreciates this as much as I do.

[rdangelo]

Is this a joke?

[GravyBrown]

If I ever get married, I want this to play as I come down the aisle.

[TheOmnipotentPirate]

he sounds drunk. lol. i like it.

[jjohnson191]

Thanks for posting this; I had never heard it until now.

[metalheadoj666]

I love tom waits. The man is a genius and criminally underrated. Ive found that whoever you are his music speaks to you you feel as though youve rediscovered some old song from your childhood. Magic music is this

[Glencanon4au]

I'm sure that TW never intended to do what I'm about to describe, but here it is anyway. As his song starts to rise into the highest and most intense notes, his voice seems to subtly mock the Cowardly Lion's singing in The Wizard of Oz. Of course, TW uses a macabre and demented bardic expressiveness that Bert Lahr (as the Lion) never reached or intended.

[LandoftheShanks]

@Glencanon4au it sounds like something from the 1920s to me [=

[Jcolinsol]

What a great song, I think this is one of my favorites of Tom Waits now.

[ramonthe3rd]

why there are more lyrics in this song than what he actually sings¿¿¿ is there a full versoin anywhere?

[CarrieFanatic]

In the show this song originates from ("The Black Rider"), the final verse is a reprise sung by the Devil, Pegleg. Just search for "Black Rider Act II Part 2".

You should also be able to find the scene preceding it, with the rest of the song :-)

[jippy33]

Or a funeral with a lot of booze?

[DZinkoff]

It's very interesting to hear him sing like that. Great instrumentation and all too. Thank you for putting this up, great stuff.

[rlegear19]

Tom Waits is cooler than the other side of the pillow but this is awful.

[shadowofmorgoth]

waits is much more versatile as a singer than people might think. on that "early years" album, for example, he has this higher, folky voice that sounds nothing like his trademark style that he developed but is still great. i first heard it on "had me a girl" and i really couldn't believe that was him at first. it's this whole other voice that he could've had a career with.

there are no limits to tom waits.

[akhridin]

i think it is tom waits, innit?

[jippy33]

Yes it is, dunno where the previous poster got his facts from.

[Chinaboatman]

What I love about this is that you can really tell Tom Waits has spent a lot of time with the singer. He sings it exactly as Tom Waits would (he doesn't have a voice like Waits obviously but the inflections and style are completely accurate). A shame you missed off the last verses too which are even more Waitsian.

[renderizer01]

Well, I have to break it to you: this IS Tom Waits himself, even though on this one his singing is a lot more operatic than usual, which fools some people into thinking that it was sung by someone else. The track was taken from the Black Rider demo tapes.