Tom Waits : Orphans: Brawlers

Capo:

IV

Em

You got to lie to me baby You got to lie to me baby Lie to me baby Lie to me baby, move on

Am

I know you got another jockey at home

Em

Let me be your rider 'til your real man comes

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Whip me baby, lie like a dog

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I really don't care if you do! You got to lie to me baby You got to lie to me baby You got to lie to me baby Lie to me, baby, move on I know you got yourself a skinny old man Let me be your baby, I just know that I can Slap me baby, give me your grief I have no use for the truth! You got to lie to me baby You got to lie to me baby You got to lie to me baby Lie to me, baby, move on

Instrumental

I know you got another jockey at home Let me be your rider 'til your real man comes Whip me baby, lie like a rug Never stop telling me lies! You got to lie to me baby You got to lie to me baby You got to lie to me baby Lie to me, baby, move on

Capo:

II

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A

She's a crooked Sheriff in a real straight town

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She opened the door, shake, shake, the lights go down

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Clover honey and the Jimson Weed

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Red leather skirt way up above her knees

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Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown She's a gone lost dirt road There ain't no way back I been told Well she's a story they all tell She's a rebel, she's a yell Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown

D

White heat in a cold rain

A

I'm merging here in your merging lane

D

Jockey La Fayette, Big-Eyed Al

E

The second-hand moon is shining for my gal She's a big red flag in a mean bullpen She'll steal it from you, sell it right back to you again Well she's a wild rose, she's not settled Cold gun of ice-blue metal Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown White heat in a cold rain I'm merging here in your merging lane Jockey la Fayette, Big-Eyed Al The second-hand moon is shining for my gal She's a cheap motel with a burned-out sign She'll take care of you, definitely, every time She got a stolen check book and legs up to here Singing into a hairbrush right in front of the mirror Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown

I lost everything I had in the '29 flood The barn was buried beneath a mile of mud Now I've got nothing but the whistle and the steam My baby leaving on the 2:19 Now there's a fellow that's preaching about hell and damnation Bouncing off the walls in the Grand Central Station I treated her bad, I treated her mean My baby leaving on the 2:19 I said hey, hey, I don't know what to do Hey, hey, I will remember you Hey, hey, I don't know what to do My baby leaving on the 2:19 Now I've always been puzzled by the yin and the yang It'll come out in the wash but it always leaves a stain Sturm and drang, the luster and the sheen My baby leaving on the 2:19 Toss the baby with the water, the preacher stole the bride Sent her out for a bottle, but she came back inside She didn't have my whiskey, she didn't have my gin With a hat full of feathers and a wicked grin Hey, hey, I don't know what to do Hey, hey, I will remember you Hey, hey, I don't know what to do My baby leaving on the 2:19 On the train you get smaller as you get farther away The roar covers everything you wanted to say Was that a raindrop in the corner of your eye? Were you drying your nails or waving goodbye? I said, hey, hey, I will remember you Hey, hey, I don't know what to do Hey, hey, I will remember My baby leaving on the 2:19

Peoria Johnson told Dudlow Joe I can break out of any old jail you know The bars are iron, the walls are stone All I need me is an old fish bone They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight Corvina opal eye hammerhead shark Steelhead salmon or a mud bank carp Sand me one side dull, whittle the other side sharp Saturday night I'll be in central park They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight Ask Little Son Jackson or the .44 Kid Or Whitfield Faraday what I did From Yazoo city down to Rolling Fork Natchez to Kinosha, New Dime to New York They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight Gimme a nice totuava or a chicken of the sea I'm gonna fashion me a fishbone skeleton key Tell Scullion Childs I won't be late You can bet your freedom I'm gonna clean my plate They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight

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My daddy told me, lookin' back

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The best friend you'll have is a railroad track

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So when I was thirteen, I said, I'm rollin' my own

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And I'm leavin' Missouri and I'm never comin' home

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And I'm lost, and I'm lost

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Bm

I'm lost at the bottom of the world

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I'm handcuffed to the bishop and the barbershop liar

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I'm lost at the bottom of the world Satchel Puddin' and Lord God Mose Sitting by the fire with a busted nose That fresh egg yellow is too damn rare But the white part is perfect for slickin' down your hair And I'm lost, and I'm lost... Blackjack Ruby and Nimrod Cain The moon's the color of a coffee stain Jesse Frank and Birdy Joe Hoaks But who is the king of all these folks? And I'm lost, and I'm lost... Well I dined last night with Scarface Ron On Telapia fish cakes and fried black swan Razorweed onion and peacock squirrel And I dreamed all night about a beautiful girl And I'm lost, and I'm lost... Well God's green hair is where I slept last He balanced a diamond on a blade of grass Now I woke me up with a cardinal bird And when I wanna talk he hangs on every word And I'm lost, and I'm lost...

Am

Well they call me William The Pleaser

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E

I sold opium, fireworks and lead

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C

Dm

Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers

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Am

When the shadows get long I'll be dead Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar Skin was as white as a cuttlefish bone I left Texas to follow Lucinda Now I'll never see heaven or home I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars Like a kid who captures a firefly And leaves it only to die in the jar As I kick at the clouds at my hanging As I swing out over the crowd I will search every face for Lucinda's And she will go off with me down to hell I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda The rain returned and so did the wind I cast this burden on the God that's within me I will leave this old world and go free

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Am

The devil dances inside empty pockets

Dm

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But she didn't want money or pearls

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Am

No, that wasn't enough for Lucinda

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She wasn't that kind of girl Now I've fallen from grace for Lucinda Whoever thought that hell would be so cold I did well for an old tin can sailor But she wanted the bell in my soul I've spoken to God on the mountain And I've swam in the Irish sea I ate fire and drank from the Ganges And I'll beg there for mercy for me

Instrumental verse

I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda The rain returned and so did the wind I was standing outside the White Horse Oh but I was afraid to go in I heard someone pull the trigger Her breasts heaved in the moonlight again There was a smear of gold in the window And then I was the jewel of her sin They call me William The Pleaser I sold opium, fireworks and lead Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers When the shadows get long I'll be dead Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar Skin was as white as a cuttlefish bone I left Texas to follow Lucinda Now I'll never see heaven or home No I'll never see heaven or home No I'll never see heaven or home

Ain't goin' down Ain't goin' down Mama to the well Mama to the well Mama to the well Mama to the well No more I'm a true believer I'm a true believer If I ever get able If I ever get able, able To pay this debt I owe Ain't goin' down Ain't goin' down Mama to the well Mama to the well Mama to the well No more

I know I've been changed I know I've been changed I know I've been changed Angels in heaven done sign my name Angels in heaven done sign my name I know I got religion Lord knows I'm not ashamed Well a holy ghost is my witness And the angels done sign my name Oh I said, I know I've been changed I know I've been changed Know I've been changed Angels in heaven done sign my name Angels in heaven done sign my name Lord knows I've been converted Lord knows I've been redeemed Well you can wake me up in the midnight hour I'm gonna tell you just a what I seen I said, I know I've been changed I know I've been changed Know I've been changed Angels in heaven done sign my name

You gotta stomp, whistle and scream You gotta wake right up in your dreams You gotta jump, whittle and drive Keep that feelin' alive You gotta kick, holler and shout I'm gonna tell you what it's all about You gotta tell me that you love me Tell me that you're mine We're puttin' on the dog tonight We're puttin' on the dog tonight We'll be puttin' on the dog tonight Puttin' on puttin' on the dog tonight We'll be puttin' on the dog tonight Well we'll be puttin' on the dog tonight Puttin' on the dog Puttin' on the dog Flip, follow and fly Just do it now and don't ask why You gotta strut, wiggle and slide Let everyone know that you're alive You gotta crank, gallop and twist Do it once you'll never resist Tell me that you love me Tell me that you're mine We're puttin' on the dog tonight Puttin' on the dog tonight all right Well we could go into a zuki jump It's rainin' it pours Big ol' Lincoln with the suicide doors Tip that bottle from the brim to the dregs You ain't dancin' till you cross your legs We're puttin' on the dog tonight We'll be puttin' on the dog tonight We'll be puttin' on the dog tonight Puttin' on the dog tonight Puttin' on the dog I'll be puttin' on the dog Puttin' on the dog

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E7

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E7

Young Abdel Mahdi Shahmay was only eighteen years old

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He was the youngest of nine children, never spent a night away from home

Dm

E7

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And his mother held his photograph, opening the New York Times

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E7

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To see the killing has intensified along the road to peace There was a tall, thin boy with a wispy moustache disguised as an orthodox Jew On a crowded bus in Jerusalem, some had survived World War II And the thunderous explosion blew out windows 200 yards away With more retribution and seventeen dead along the road to peace Now at King George Avenue and Jaffa Road passengers boarded bus 14A In the aisle next to the driver Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay) And the last thing that he said on earth is "God is great and God is good" And he blew them all to kingdom come upon the road to peace Now in response to this another kiss of death was visited upon Yasser Taha, Israel says is an Hamas senior militant And Israel sent four choppers in, flames engulfed, tears wide open And it killed his wife and his three year-old child, leaving only blackened skeletons He found his toddler's bottle and a pair of small shoes And waved them in front of the cameras But Israel says they did not know that his wife and child were in the car There are roadblocks everywhere and only suffering on TV Neither side will ever give up their smallest right, along the road to peace Israel launched its latest campaign against Hamas on Tuesday Two days later Hamas shot back and killed five Israeli soldiers So thousands dead and wounded on both sides, most of them middle-eastern civilians They fill the children full of hate to fight an old man's war And die upon the road to peace "And this is our land we will fight with all our force" Say the Palastinians and the Jews Each side will cut off the hand of anyone who tries to stop the resistance If the right eye offends thee then you must pluck it out And Mahmoud Abbas said Sharon had been lost, out along the road to peace Once Kissinger said "We have no friends, America only has interests" Now our president wants to be seen as a hero and he's hungry for re-election But Bush is reluctant to risk his future in the fear of his political failures So he plays chess at his desk and poses for the press Ten thousand miles from the road to peace In the video that they found at the home of Abdel Mahdi He held a Kalashnikov rifle and he spoke with a voice like a boy He was an excellent student, he studied so hard, it was as if he had a future He told his mother that he had a test that day, out along the road to peace The fundamentalist killing on both sides is standing in the path of peace But tell me why are we arming the Israeli army with guns and tanks and bullets? And if God is great and God is good why can't he change the hearts of men? Well maybe God himself is lost and needs help Maybe God himself he needs all of our help Maybe God himself is lost and needs help He's out upon the road to peace Well maybe God himself is lost and needs help Maybe God himself he needs all of our help And he's lost upon the road to peace And he's lost upon the road to peace Out upon the road to peace

You're the tree that you can't eat the fruit from I heard horses came to ride me away I want shade and a good place to shoot from If it's a clock I'd be the end of the day You know you're not the boss of me You can lift your skirt you can shake your hair I got all the time in the world You're the ditch in the road where wheels keep spinning You're the same dead cat clawing its way back grinning You know you got a bad reputation And your nine lives way down the line I got a jacket to put on and a hat to wear I wouldn't waste a gallon on you out there I got all the time in the world A bridge is only there for you to jump off of And there ain't no rain clouds that are blue I do declare my independence, baby I shot off all my fireworks for you The river's burning and the trees are on fire There's lots of good rubber left on these tires And I've got all the time in the world Baby you're the light that won't change that I got stuck at You're the fan that won't work at the motel They were all out of red so I got me a blue one Baby, you're always using mine, why don't you get you one? I know you won't go very far You left your blonde wig in the car And I got all the time in the world

Oh yeah, oh yeah Jackie is a punk and Judy is a runt They went down to The Mudd Club and they both got drunk Oh yeah, oh yeah Jackie is a bookie and Judy's taking loans They both came up to New York just to see The Ramones Oh yeah, oh yeah And oh, I don't know why she wrote that letter I don't know why we can't forget her, oh no Jackie's playing hooky, Judy's playing pool They both got caught for cutting, now they're going to summer school Oh yeah Jackie's playing hooky, Judy's getting rammed They both got kicked outside, they ain't got no time na na na Oh yeah, oh yeah And oh, I don't know why she wrote that letter, oh yeah I don't know why we can't forget her, oh no

Am

Dot King was whittled from the bone of Cain

Am

E7

With a little drop of poison in a red, red blood

Am

Dm

She needs a way to turn around the bend

Am

She said, "I wanna walk away and start all over again" There are things I've done I can't erase I wanna look in the mirror and see another face I said never, but I'm doin' it again I wanna walk away and start over again

Dm

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E7

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No more rain, no more roses

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On my way, slake my thirst in a cool, cool pond There's a widower in every place There's a heart that's beatin' in every page The beginning of it starts at the end Well, it's time to walk away and start over again Weather's murder at a hundred and three William Ray shot Cora Belle Lee A yellow dog knows when he has sinned You wanna walk away and start over again No more rain, no more roses On my way, slake my thirst in a cool, cool pond Cooper told Molly the whole block's gone They're dyin' for jewelry, money and clothes I always get out of the trouble I'm in I wanna walk away and start over again I left my bible by the side of the road Carved my initials in an old dead tree I'm goin' away, but I'm gonna be back when It's time to walk away and start all over again Oh, oh yeah...

Come with me my love To the sea, the sea of love I wanna tell you how much I love you But I'm drowning in a sea of love Do you remember the night we met? That's the night I knew you were my pet I wanna tell you how much I love you But I'm drowning in a sea of love Come with me To to the sea Yeah

I stood on the roof of Stuart's old Dodge To get a better look at the Fledderjohn's lodge Bait shop pistols and ammo too Nothing but books about World War II Rottweiler, doberman, a Pinkerton guard I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard I ain't allowed No I ain't allowed I said I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard I seen a python swallowing a dobermann whole Piranha swimming in a mixing bowl Paper is full of stabbings, the sky's full of crows She's singing in Italian while she's hanging out her clothes Carp in the bathtub and it's raining real hard I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard I said I ain't allowed No I ain't allowed No I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard Well a sailor's ringing doorbells, the sinner's in the pew Weather vane squeaking to the west I seen the cliffs of Dover and the deepest ocean blue One thing in the world I can't recommend to you Because I ain't allowed I said I ain't allowed No I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard

Capo:

I

G

This is how the world will be

G

D

G

Everywhere I go it rains on me

G

Forty monkeys drowning in a boiling sea

G

D

G

Everywhere I go it rains on me

C

I went down into the valley to pray

G

Everywhere I go it rains on me

C

G

I got drunk and I stayed all day

G

Everywhere I go it rains on me

C

Everywhere I go

G

Everywhere I go

D

Everywhere I go

G

It rains on me All god's children can't you see? Everywhere I go it rains on me Louie, Lista and Marchese Everywhere I go it rains on me Robert, Sheehan and Paul Body Everywhere I go it rains on me I went down to Argyle, I went down to Dix Everywhere I go it rains on me To get my powders and to get my fix Everywhere I go it rains on me Everywhere I go Everywhere I go Everywhere I go It rains on me

Tom Waits : Orphans: Brawlers
2006

Lie To Me

Lowdown

2:19

Fish In The Jailhouse

Bottom Of The World

Lucinda

Ain't Goin' Down To The Well

Lord I've Been Changed

Puttin' On The Dog

Road To Peace

All The Time

The Return Of Jackie And Judy

Walk Away

Sea Of Love

Buzz Fledderjohn

Rains On Me

Tom Waits : Orphans: Brawlers 2006

Lie To Me

Lowdown

2:19

Fish In The Jailhouse

Bottom Of The World

Lucinda

Ain't Goin' Down To The Well

Lord I've Been Changed

Puttin' On The Dog

Road To Peace

All The Time

The Return Of Jackie And Judy

Walk Away

Sea Of Love

Buzz Fledderjohn

Rains On Me

Tom Waits : Orphans: Brawlers
2006