Don't Wait For Tom (Over The Rhine)

Song Don't Wait For Tom (Over The Rhine)
Artist Tom Waits
Album The Ghost Of Tom Waits

Lyrics

[00:21.33] He’s got the hands of a blind piano player
[00:24.83] He’s got a feel for the dark like a soothsayer
[00:28.70] He takes a little bow and tips his fedora
[00:32.38] Shouts like he’s gonna save Sodom and Gomorrah
[00:36.00] Workin’ for the circus X railroad bum
[00:39.43] Carnival barker for kingdom dot come
[00:42.92] Dusty ol’ Gibson opposable thumb
[00:46.48] Bangs out the rhythm on a 50-gallon drum
[00:50.04] Don’t wait for Tom
[00:53.49] Tom’s long gone he’s already moved on
[00:56.61] Don’t wait for Tom
[01:00.23] I saw an ol’ ’55 Buick just before dawn
[01:04.03] I said Hey hey Tom
[01:07.46] The sun’s comin’ up you got your wipers on
[01:10.96] Are you tryin' to make it rain again
[01:14.52] Are you tryin' to make it rain again
[01:18.07] Is it rainin’ just around your bend
[01:21.56] Are you tryin' to make it rain again
[01:39.91] Sittin’ in a corner with his pet muskrat
[01:43.03] Tossin’ his cards into an old man’s hat
[01:46.59] He grins at the girls and they always grin back
[01:50.08] He bets an old waltz he could get ‘em in the sack
[01:53.70] He makes his own music from the bell of a ‘bone
[01:57.19] A waitress’s falsie and a railroad phone
[02:00.75] Bobs on his knees to an old tarantella
[02:04.18] South of the border he stole it from a fella
[02:07.67] Don’t wait for Tom
[02:11.24] Tom’s long gone he’s already moved on
[02:14.60] Don’t wait for Tom
[02:18.10] I saw an ol’ ’55 Buick just before dawn
[02:21.69] I said Hey hey Tom
[02:25.43] The sun’s comin’ up you got your wipers on
[02:28.62] Are you tryin' to make it rain again
[02:32.36] Are you tryin' to make it rain again
[02:35.98] Is it rainin’ just around your bend
[02:39.54] Are you tryin' to make it rain again
[02:43.22] His triple-jointed juke fingers splay like a scarecrow
[02:46.84] He kneels down and whistles to a fallen sparrow
[02:50.15] His eyes light up when they wheel in a piano
[02:53.70] He reads a dirty joke out of an old Baptist hymnal
[02:57.38] He wears a tuxedo made of sackcloth and ashes
[03:00.63] Has a tattoo of a girl who can bat her eyelashes
[03:04.06] Down on the river he was fishin’ with a sword
[03:07.93] He knocked off John the Baptist for a word from the Lord
[03:11.49] He takes his coffee with the blood of a turnip
[03:15.07] Blushes his cheeks with an Amsterdam tulip
[03:18.93] Choppin’ up a rooster for a pullet surprise
[03:21.92] If the gravy don’t getcha he’ll getcha with his eyes
[03:25.67] Don't wait
[03:32.69] Hey Tom tom
[03:36.62] Sun's comin' up you got your wipers on

Pinyin

[00:21.33] He' s got the hands of a blind piano player
[00:24.83] He' s got a feel for the dark like a soothsayer
[00:28.70] He takes a little bow and tips his fedora
[00:32.38] Shouts like he' s gonna save Sodom and Gomorrah
[00:36.00] Workin' for the circus X railroad bum
[00:39.43] Carnival barker for kingdom dot come
[00:42.92] Dusty ol' Gibson opposable thumb
[00:46.48] Bangs out the rhythm on a 50gallon drum
[00:50.04] Don' t wait for Tom
[00:53.49] Tom' s long gone he' s already moved on
[00:56.61] Don' t wait for Tom
[01:00.23] I saw an ol' ' 55 Buick just before dawn
[01:04.03] I said Hey hey Tom
[01:07.46] The sun' s comin' up you got your wipers on
[01:10.96] Are you tryin' to make it rain again
[01:14.52] Are you tryin' to make it rain again
[01:18.07] Is it rainin' just around your bend
[01:21.56] Are you tryin' to make it rain again
[01:39.91] Sittin' in a corner with his pet muskrat
[01:43.03] Tossin' his cards into an old man' s hat
[01:46.59] He grins at the girls and they always grin back
[01:50.08] He bets an old waltz he could get ' em in the sack
[01:53.70] He makes his own music from the bell of a ' bone
[01:57.19] A waitress' s falsie and a railroad phone
[02:00.75] Bobs on his knees to an old tarantella
[02:04.18] South of the border he stole it from a fella
[02:07.67] Don' t wait for Tom
[02:11.24] Tom' s long gone he' s already moved on
[02:14.60] Don' t wait for Tom
[02:18.10] I saw an ol' ' 55 Buick just before dawn
[02:21.69] I said Hey hey Tom
[02:25.43] The sun' s comin' up you got your wipers on
[02:28.62] Are you tryin' to make it rain again
[02:32.36] Are you tryin' to make it rain again
[02:35.98] Is it rainin' just around your bend
[02:39.54] Are you tryin' to make it rain again
[02:43.22] His triplejointed juke fingers splay like a scarecrow
[02:46.84] He kneels down and whistles to a fallen sparrow
[02:50.15] His eyes light up when they wheel in a piano
[02:53.70] He reads a dirty joke out of an old Baptist hymnal
[02:57.38] He wears a tuxedo made of sackcloth and ashes
[03:00.63] Has a tattoo of a girl who can bat her eyelashes
[03:04.06] Down on the river he was fishin' with a sword
[03:07.93] He knocked off John the Baptist for a word from the Lord
[03:11.49] He takes his coffee with the blood of a turnip
[03:15.07] Blushes his cheeks with an Amsterdam tulip
[03:18.93] Choppin' up a rooster for a pullet surprise
[03:21.92] If the gravy don' t getcha he' ll getcha with his eyes
[03:25.67] Don' t wait
[03:32.69] Hey Tom tom
[03:36.62] Sun' s comin' up you got your wipers on