Tom Waits - Chase the Clouds Away (with lyrics)

A song from The Black Rider not released on the studio album.

The blood upon the bridal wreath
The bridal wreath, the bridal wreath
The devil shows his shiny teeth
His shiny teeth, his shiny teeth
Oh, shiny teeth

Now take a seat there by the door
He'll leave you on the killing floor
He's gone and set the clouds on fire
They're burning there forever more

The wind has blown the clouds away
The clouds away, the clouds away
It soon will be our wedding day
Our wedding day, our wedding day
The sun will shine

The sun will shine, the birds will sing
I'll give my love a wedding ring
The briar and the rose shall be
Entwined, my love, forever more

The sun will shine, the birds will sing
I'll give my love a wedding ring
The briar and the rose shall be
Entwined, my love, forever more

Oh, knock on the hickory of a peg-leg man
A peg-leg man, a peg-leg man
I'll wait beneath a blood-red moon
A blood-red moon, a blood-red moon
'Neath a blood-red moon

I'd rather die than part from you
I have a lovely wish for you
I'll wait here by the shady bush
You'll be mine forever more

Category:

Music

Tags:

• tom
• waits
• the
• black
• rider
• chase
• clouds
• away
• alternative
• theater
• soundtrack
• score

[akhridin]

i think it is tom waits, innit?

[jippy33]

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

[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

[jippy33]

Or a funeral with a lot of booze?

[Jfishart]

Thank You for being

[Anchorbaby44]

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

[glassoniongirl64]

@Mgaak ...why?

[Mgaak]

I feel offended after listening to his song.

[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.

[LandoftheShanks]

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