Tom Waits Soldier's Things

From his 1983 album Swordfishtrombones

Lyrics:

Davenports and kettle drums
And swallow tail coats
Table cloths and patent leather shoes
Bathing suits and bowling balls
And clarinets and rings
And all this radio really
Needs is a fuse
A tinker, a tailor
A soldier's things
His rifle, his boots full of rocks
And this one is for bravery
And this one is for me
And everything's a dollar
In this box

Cuff links and hub caps
Trophies and paperbacks
It's good transportation
But the brakes aren't so hot
Neck tie and boxing gloves
This jackknife is rusted
You can pound that dent out
On the hood
A tinker, a tailor
A soldier's things
His rifle, his boots full of rocks
Oh and this one is for bravery
And this one is for me
And everything's a dollar
In this box

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Tom
• Waits
• Soldier's
• Things
• Swordfishtrombones

[desertsway]

the saddest song imaginable..... a soldier didn't make it home from the war, his family selling off his possessions :(

[kerrermanis]

Wow, thanks a lot for uploading this! Its an amazing song

[MeLoveMusicification]

every time this song ends, i hit the replay button to listen to true music

[RaghavnairMr]

@fuzzmane hooahhhh feel like crying

[fuzzmane]

we are still... in the desert

[Slitty12]

What genre would you place this song into?



[iNtErNeTLAMA12]

Am I the only one who thought he was a African American Jazz singer

then i saw the picture and realised hes white

[urbanruler]

i like the deep heavy sound of this guy never heard him before .. i like it

[urbanruler]

@desertsway thanks for add the description

[Theshomchez]

@samneibiew aye, reminds me of a song by DDT (a russian rock band), in which there was this boy who used to shoot birds with his slingshot while people would always tell him that it's not a very good thing to do, and then, once he'd grow up, he went to the army and got sent into a war zone where he killed an weaponless person, so then, once he came back home, he became a drunkard because he would blame himself for killing that guy, the song is actually called "Don't shoot!" (translated ofcourse)