Lyrics: House Where Nobody Lives Album: Mule Variations Artist: Tom Waits   There’s a house on my block That’s abandoned and cold Folks moved out of it a Long time ago And they took all their things And they never…

Lyrics: The Black Rider Album: The Black Rider Artist: Tom Waits   Come on a long with the Black Rider We’ll have a gay old time Lay down in the web of the black spider I’ll drink your blood like…

Lyrics: Pony Album: Mule Variations Artist: Tom Waits   I’ve seen it all boys I’ve been all over Been everywhere in the Whole wide world I rode the high line With old blind Darby I danced real slow With Ida…

Lyrics: When You Ain’t Got Nobody Album: The Early Years Artist: Tom Waits   Well when you ain’t got nobody, anybody looks nice Don’t take much to make you stop and look twice And it’s either feast or famine, i’ve…

Lyrics: Small Change (Got Rained on with His Own .38) Album: Small Change Artist: Tom Waits   Small Change got rained on with his own thirty-eight, And nobody flinched down by the arcade And the marquees weren’t weeping, they went…

Lyrics: Come On Up To The House Album: Mule Variations Artist: Tom Waits   Well the moon is broken And the sky is cracked Come on up to the house The only things that you can see Is all that…

Lyrics: The Ghosts Of Saturday Night Album: The Heart Of Saturday Night Artist: Tom Waits   (after hours at napoleone’s pizza house) A cab combs the snake, Tryin’ to rake in that last night’s fare, And a solitary sailor Who…

Lyrics: Rainbirds Album: Swordfishtrombones Artist: Tom Waits   [instrumental]

Lyrics: Crossroads Album: The Black Rider Artist: Tom Waits   Now, George was a good straight boy to begin with, but there was bad blood In him; someway he got into the magic bullets and that leads straight to Devil’s…

Lyrics: Jersey Girl Album: Heartattack and Vine Artist: Tom Waits   got no time for the corner boys, down in the street makin’ all that noise, don’t want no whores on eighth avenue, cause tonight i’m gonna be with you….