Tom Waits - Wrong side of the road
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put a dead cat on the railraod tracks
when the wolf bains blooming by the tressel
and get the eyeball of a rooster
and the stones from a ditch
and wash em down with bilge water
and say you'll never snitch
take the buttons from a yellow jacket
the feather from a buzzard
and the blood from the bounty hunters cold black heart
catch the tears of a window
in a thimble made ofglass
tell your mamaand your papa
they can kiss your ass
poison all the water in the wishin' well
and hang all them scarecrows from a sycamore tree
burn down all those honeymoons
put em in a pillow case
and wait next to the switch blades at the amusements park for me
strangle all the cristmas carols
scratch out all you prayers
tie em up with barbed wire
and push them down the stairs
and i'll whittle you a pistol
for reepin' nightmares off the blinds
those sunsabitches always seem to sneak up from behind
syphom all the gas from your daddys pickup truck
fill up jonnys t bird
i got a couple bucks
put on little perfume and ribbon in your hair
careful that you don't wake up the hounds
tear a bolt of lightning
off the side of the sky
and throw in the cedar chest
if you want me to tell you why
bring the gear shift knob from a 49 mere
and lay down here beside me
let me hold you in the dirt
and you'll tremble as the flames
tear the throat out of the night
sink your teeth into my shoulder
dig your nails into my back
tell that little girl to let go of my sleeve
you'll be awoman when i catch you
as you fall in love with me
then with my double barrel shotgun
and a whole box of shells
we'll celebrate the 4 of july
we'll do 100 mph
spendin' someone elses dough
and we'll drive all the way to reno
on the wrong side of the road
One of my favorite lyrics as far as I can understand them, there is one line I was hoping someone could explain me, it´s this one " when the wolf bains blooming by the tressel "
what are/is wolf bains, and how about tressel? I´ve gone through all my dictionaries and found nothing...
when the wolf bains blooming by the tressel
and get the eyeball of a rooster
and the stones from a ditch
and wash em down with bilge water
and say you'll never snitch
take the buttons from a yellow jacket
the feather from a buzzard
and the blood from the bounty hunters cold black heart
catch the tears of a window
in a thimble made ofglass
tell your mamaand your papa
they can kiss your ass
poison all the water in the wishin' well
and hang all them scarecrows from a sycamore tree
burn down all those honeymoons
put em in a pillow case
and wait next to the switch blades at the amusements park for me
strangle all the cristmas carols
scratch out all you prayers
tie em up with barbed wire
and push them down the stairs
and i'll whittle you a pistol
for reepin' nightmares off the blinds
those sunsabitches always seem to sneak up from behind
syphom all the gas from your daddys pickup truck
fill up jonnys t bird
i got a couple bucks
put on little perfume and ribbon in your hair
careful that you don't wake up the hounds
tear a bolt of lightning
off the side of the sky
and throw in the cedar chest
if you want me to tell you why
bring the gear shift knob from a 49 mere
and lay down here beside me
let me hold you in the dirt
and you'll tremble as the flames
tear the throat out of the night
sink your teeth into my shoulder
dig your nails into my back
tell that little girl to let go of my sleeve
you'll be awoman when i catch you
as you fall in love with me
then with my double barrel shotgun
and a whole box of shells
we'll celebrate the 4 of july
we'll do 100 mph
spendin' someone elses dough
and we'll drive all the way to reno
on the wrong side of the road
One of my favorite lyrics as far as I can understand them, there is one line I was hoping someone could explain me, it´s this one " when the wolf bains blooming by the tressel "
what are/is wolf bains, and how about tressel? I´ve gone through all my dictionaries and found nothing...
...the dreams ain't broken down here now,
they're walking with a limp
they're walking with a limp
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waits is one of the coolest shows,played in vancouver ..god my memory is going. 97 98?
anywhoo,ed came up from seattle to join friends mr robbins ans miss sarandon for the show.
sitting in the audience,no one hassled him(them) ,a great spectacle.
mooncalf agreed" THe BANd
It has the lyrics to all of his songs and nearly all of them have footnotes for the meanings of the more obscure phrases. Couldn't find a note on the lyrics you specified, but if you're a Waits fan, this will help a lot in the future.
-Tom Waits
Thanks, still no help for that one particular line though..
they're walking with a limp
they're walking with a limp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitum
THANK YOU! How about tressel?
they're walking with a limp