Clap Hands - Tom Waits

"Clap Hands," by Tom Waits. Another great live performance.

Lyrics:
Sane, sane, theyre all insane,
Firemans blind, the conductor is lame
A Cincinnati jacket and a sad-luck dame
Hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain
Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands

Said roar, roar, the thunder and the roar
Son of a bitch is never coming back here no more
The moon in the window and a bird on the pole
We can always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal
Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands

Said steam, steam, a hundred bad dreams
Going up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans
A fifty-dollar bill inside a palladin's hat
And nobodys sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at

Roar, roar, the thunder and the roar
Son of a bitch is never coming back here no more
Moon in the window and a bird on the pole
Can always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal
Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands

I said steam, steam, a hundred bad dreams
Going up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans
A fifty-dollar bill inside a palladin's hat
And nobodys sure where Mr. Knickerbockers at

Shine, shine, a Roosevelt dime
All the way to Baltimore and running out of time
Salvation Army seemed to wind up in the hole
They all went to heaven in a little row boat
Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rock
• Blues
• Classic
• Tom
• Waits
• Live

[Candismilesalot]

through it all, I'll clap clap clap

hands for this treasure

a million bad dreams

in my memories

I'll never return to them

instead, I'll

clap, clap , clap hands

love this song!!!!!!!!! ~x(:Dc

[SwampDaddy7]

@UCFCamaroSS

That pathetic society oughta be arrested for not having a spot for him.

[muclesmarinara]

@UCFCamaroSS He's so cool! Awesome growl too and he's a great songwriter. What have you ever done to brag about? At least Tom Waits has made people happy with music.

[afaultytoaster]

holy shit this is awesome

[fullbag50]

@UCFCamaroSS - Yeah, you know real talent. Go get back to your Bieber videos.

[slugg63]

Classic Tom Waits. Like "Singapore, On the Nickel, Downtown Train, 9th & Hennepin".....There isn't room to list them all. Thanx for posting this

[UCFCamaroSS]

This guy should be arrested. He serves no point in society.

[suswan]

Dang! This guy just scares me. He always has. :-O