Tom Waits : Jockey Full Of Bourbon

[grylosx]

Edna Million in a drop dead suit Dutch pink on a downtown train Two dollar pistol but the gun won't shoot I'm in the corner in the pouring rain 16 men on a deadman's chest And I've been drinking from a broken cup 2 pairs of pants and a mohair vest I'm full of bourbon; I can't stand up. Hey little bird, fly away home Your house is on fire; your children are alone Hey little bird, fly away home Your house is on fire; your children are alone Schiffer broke a bottle on Morgan's head

[grylosx]

@grylosx And I've been stepping on the devil's tail Across the stripes of full moon's head Through the bars of a Cuban jail Bloody fingers on a purple knife A flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife Come admire the view from up on top of the mast Yellow sheets in Hong Kong bed Stazybo horn and a Singerland ride To the carnival is what she said A hundred dollars makes it dark inside. Repeat First Verse and Chorus

[lionsfan42]

If I ever owned a tropical brothel, it would play nothing but Tom Waits.

[Mark8395217]

I'm full of burbon and can't stand up...

[Talaburtastic]

So, when I was 4 years old my dad would always drive me to pre-school, and every morning I would insist that he put this song on, a few years ago, when I rediscovered Tom Waits I heard this song and I was like... Whoa, I was a smart 4 year old.

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[MonkFromKamigata]

Down By Law.

[d00shan]

Edna Million in a drop dead suit

Dutch pink on a downtown train

Two dollar pistol but the gun won't shoot

I'm in the corner in the pouring rain

16 men on a deadman's chest And I've been drinking from a broken cup

2 pairs of pants and a mohair vest

I'm full of bourbon; I can't stand up.

[Cannonsmack]

Reminds me of the Spy vs. Spy video game

[missopan]

This song is the one for me, all one could possible need on a normal day is an ol' bottle of golden whiskey and this tune rocking your boots along the way..

[VirtuosoOfLife]

Yeah! This Is Great!

[reea333]

The "Black Books" theme sounds so much like this one!

[LetsTakeArideOut]

@reea333 i wonder why that is? maybe because it is? oh wait it is

[reea333]

@LetsTakeArideOut Well according to the credits, the theme was written by Jon Whitehead.

[Thrashtildeath1]

@reea333 This type of music is going to have themes and chord progressions that have been used since man started playing instruments. Like the blues chord progressions. BUT EACH SONG IS A DIFFERENT WORLD IN ITS OWN. Just though id mention that.

[reea333]

@Thrashtildeath1 Ok, Captain Obvious, I got it. What bothered me was the fact that, at the risk of repeating myself, according to the credits, the theme song belongs to Jonathan Whitehead Also, I am aware of the similarities between the chords used in this particular genre... but I still think that Tom Waits has a specific sound, a darker one. :)

[snoozypops]

@reea333 This IS the Black Books theme tune. Might explain it.

[reea333]

@snoozypops No, it's not. It's a rearrangement of it, apparently composed by Jonathan Whitehead.

[LohiHarHar]

I piss mi pants!

[CaptainBluebear08]

wow, that lady on the cover really had long fingers. was she a prosti?

[missopan]

@CaptainBluebear08

I heard she's from the same planet as ET man.. But it might just have been some rumors drifting about..

[akablackcatwhitecat]

@CaptainBluebear08

Despite the facial similarity, the man on the cover of Rain Dogs is not Tom Waits. The photograph is one of a series taken by the Swedish photographer Anders Petersen at Café Lehmitz (a café near the Hamburg red-light boulevard Reeperbahn) in the late 1960s. The man and woman depicted on the cover are called Rose and Lily.

source: wikipedia.

[CaptainBluebear08]

@akablackcatwhitecat

Aha? Already thought something like that. Hey, thanks for coming back to me.

[TheHappydead]

Ribot and Waits at their very best

[Jakska74]

Classic "feeeeeeeling" music

[mauro9601]

Grandiosa....

[knuckles523]

One of my favorite albums, Gun Street Girl is Waits at his finest

[420cocksmoker]

this man is simply a genius