Waits Tom

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From: Morten.Sickel@nrpa.no (Morten A.K. Sickel)



Jockey full of burbon



Tom Waits from the album 'rain dogs'



am

Edna Millon in a drop dead suit

                E7

Dutch pink in a downtown train



Two dollar pistol, but the gun won't shoot

                         am

I'm in the corner in the pouring rain



16 men on a deadman's chest

                              E7

And I've been drinking from a broken cup



Two pair of pants and a mohair vest

                      am

I'm full of burbon; I can't stand up 



dm                   am

Hey little bird, fly away home

     E7                am

Your house is on fire; your children are alone

dm                   am

Hey little bird, fly away home

     E7                am

Your house is on fire; your children are alone



Schiffer broke a bottle on Morgans head

And I've been stepping on the devils tail

Across the stripes of a full moons head

Through the bars of a Cuban jail

Bloody fingers on a purple knife

A flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass

I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife

Come admire the view from upon the top of the mast



   Chorus



Yellow sheets in a Hong Kong bed

Stayzbo horn and a Singerland slide

To the carnival is what she said 

A hundred dollars makes it dark inside

16 men on a deadman's chest

And I've been drinking from a broken cup

Two pair of pants and a mohair vest

I'm full of burbon; I can't stand up 



Morten Sickel

Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority

Dept. of environmental protection

Morten.Sickel@nrpa.no