Tom Waits - Invitation to the blues

Well she's up against the register with an apron and a spatula,
Yesterday's deliveries, tickets for the bachelors
She's a moving violation from her conk down to her shoes,
Well, it's just an invitation to the blues

And you feel just like Cagney, she looks like Rita Hayworth
At the counter of the Schwab's drugstore
You wonder if she might be single, she's a loner and likes to mingle
Got to be patient, try and pick up a clue

She said "How you gonna like 'em, over medium or scrambled?",
You say "Anyway's the only way", be careful not to gamble
On a guy with a suitcase and a ticket getting out of here
It's a tired bus station and an old pair of shoes
This ain't nothing but an invitation to the blues

But you can't take your eyes off her, get another cup of java,
It's just the way she pours it for you, joking with the customers
Mercy mercy, Mr. Percy, there ain't nothing back in Jersey
But a broken-down jalopy of a man I left behind
And the dream that I was chasing, and a battle with booze
And an open invitation to the blues

But she used to have a sugar daddy and a candy-apple Caddy,
And a bank account and everything, accustomed to the finer things
He probably left her for a socialite, and he didn't 'cept at night,
And then he's drunk and never even told her that her cared
So they took the registration, and the car-keys and her shoes
And left her with an invitation to the blues

'Cause there's a Continental Trailways leaving local bus tonight, good evening
You can have my seat, I'm sticking round here for a while
Get me a room at the Squire, the filling station's hiring,
And I can eat here every night, what the hell have I got to lose?
Got a crazy sensation, go or stay? now I gotta choose,
And I'll accept your invitation to the blues

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[metyuewb]

please upload again....trip in the beginning

[daphn3k]

@metyuewb I know, but it is just as the mp3. I can't do something about it. Sorry

[MAGGOTATOR]

polu kali poiotita...bravo

[daphn3k]

@MAGGOTATOR auto itan to zitoumeno, opote teleia! thanks :)

[MusicRevelance]

this song is the proof that men bleed..

[emdape]

....wonderful

[aceto1900]

The song brings tears to your eyes, and the voice...awesome, have no other comment... ;-(

[smios]

Αριστούργημα. Ό,τι και να πει κανείς είναι λίγο

[Mynymphya]

@MusicRevelance Very well said my friend, very well said..

[emdape]

I bought this album 1977 and I´m still playing it ... so wonderful

[Stefzilla420]

By far his best song, then clap hands, swordfishtramboune , rain dogs... bah the list just goes on and on

[DarkMorpheus]

@eszenyikeke except 

[eszenyikeke]

what means 'cept?:]

[sherpa285]

One of my favorite TW albums. I never paid this song any mind until I finally noticed the lyrics. What a great song.

[jemappellekait]

I can't help but think of Theresa Russell <3 Bad Timing anyone? What a babe. Beyond that Waits is the best!!! THE BEST!!! What a babe.