Tom Waits - Lucky Day

From Glitter And Doom

Thanks for Watching. Wish you all a Lucky Day =)

Lyrics:
The prettiest girl
In all the world
Is in a little Spanish town
And I left her for a Bonnie lass
And I told her
I'd see her around

But that Bonnie lass
And her heart of glass
Could not hold a candle
To bummin' around

So don't cry for me
As I'm going away
And I'll be back some lucky day

Tell the boys back home
Taht i'm doing just fine
I've left my troubles and woe
And you can sing about me
'Cause I can't come home
I've many, many more miles left to go

Why, there's Miss Kelsey
She taught dance at our school
There's old Johnny O'Toole
I'll still beat you at pool

Oh don't cry for me
For I'm going away
And I'll be back some lucky day

But when I was a boy
My daddy sat me on his knee
And he told me
He told me many things
And he said son, he alway called me son,
Said there's a lot of things in this world son
You're gonna have absolutely no use for, and he was right!
And when you get blue
And you've lost all your dreams
There aint' nothin' like a campfire
And a can of beans

So don't cry for me
'Cause I'm going away
And I'll be back some lucky day

Oh don't cry for me
'Cause I'm going away
And I'll be back some lucky day

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Tom
• Waits
• Glitter
• Doom
• Lucky
• Day
• Live

[richbizkit]

when i die im going to piss off a lot of relatives when i have this played at the funeral.

[oraclesolomon]

This song ain`t about no one it`s about going bummin around.....

[KawaiiGaku]

I think I like Lucky Day more on his Black Rider cd. Either way, he's amazing :)

[Moonskinlight]

@richbizkit lol what a great choice :) 

[Skiarp]

Actually it's what Wilmer the hero of "The Black Rider" sings as he's about to be dragged off to hell, as he's paid with his soul for the magic bullets which "accidentally" kill his lover.

[cearbhaill]

@notleonard I do have 'The Black Rider' on CD, but to have actually seen it?

That's the first time in my entire life I actually wished I could have been rich enough.

Perfect funeral song.

[notleonard]

@richbizkit You should see if there's a recording out there of The Black Rider, the musical/opera/performance piece Waits made with Robert Wilson and William S Burroughs. He wrote this song for that (i'm pretty sure) and the character who sings it actually does sing it right after he's been shot. It's unbelievably beautiful. Seeing that show was the best single goddamn night of my life.

[notleonard]

@richbizkit YES

[clashcitywannabe]

@richbizkit me 2!

[russtacean]

beautiful.

[clashcitywannabe]

what tom waits does to that old vera lynn tune is absolutely holy