Tom Waits - Diamonds & Gold

from the album "Rain Dogs"

lyrics:
The broken glass
And the rusty nails
Where the violets grow
Say goodbye to the railroad
And the mad dogs of summer
And everything that I know

Chorus:
What some men will do here for diamonds
What some men will do here for gold
They're wounded but they just keep on climbin'
And they sleep by the side of the road

There's a hole in the ladder
A fence we can climb
Mad as a hatter
You're thin as a dime
Go out to the meadow
The hills are agreen
Sing me a rainbo
Steal me a dream
.
Small time Napoleons
Shattered his knees
But he stays in the saddle for Rose
And all his disciple
They shave in the gutter
And gather what's left of his clothes
Chorus

There's a hole in the ladder
A fence we can climb
Mad as a hatter
You're thin as a dime
Go out to the meadow
The hills are agreen
Sing me a rainbow
Steal me a dream

Category:

Music

Tags:

• tom
• waits
• Rain
• Dogs
• Diamonds
• Gold

[creativeuesrnamehere]

Mad as a hatter thin as a dime <3 how pathetic we ryan ross fans are at times...

[TheGraydog2000]

Tom Waits is the most under-rated songwriter- mis-understood poet of this American generation!

[NokDwai]

@windwardpro well...fuck you?

[TheDeathon]

I don't know who Ryan Ross is but i got Mad as a hatter thin as a dime on my tattoo of the madd hatter =D

[totalmollipop]

Tom Waits is my favorite person, period.

[xXxmrsuchihaxXx]

@leoelmosca ... The only pathetic person here is someone who is a closed-minded asshole who sank to the level of these annoying fangirls and posted a comment about a different band than this video. So, next time you want to say something rude, consider using capitalization and proper punctuation. Its Panic! at the Disco, bitch.

[jbobsession123]

@creativeuesrnamehere hahahahaha

[bowpronouncebow]

i DID come here from ryan ross's tattoo, but this is an AMAZING song, and I thank Ryan for unintentionally introducing me to this extraordinary music... and also, my favorite band is Panic! but Tom Waits is right up there... ♥

[leoelmosca]

the pathetic thing is not that you came here for the tattoos, its pathetic becuase you listen to panic at the disco.

[windwardpro]

What are you talking about? He gets unbelievable TONS of credit from all sorts of people. In my opinion, WAY too much. Just like Dylan. If I want a poet, I'll go buy a book....

[cuteshorty130]

Like this if you came to this song because of ryan ross's tattoo.

[soggywallet]

@TheGraydog2000 If he wasn't would he be as good? It's like all great poets, if they were loved by everyone they would be nowhere as good. I'm proud to be one of the many/few that love these sorts of artists, we are the ones to make them special.