| Tom Waits – Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It's about men who travel the world to get over a woman. A guy is somewhere far from home, out of money and still battling his heartache, and he sees a lot of men like himself. One of Waits' greatest songs, i think. His manager at the time cried the first time he read/heard it, and called it the greatest piece of poetry ever written. |
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| Kaizers Orchestra – Resistansen Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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The Resistance (roughly translated) There are stairs that lead down to a basement It's so narrow that you must walk sideways And on the wall hang a bunch of pictures Of people that have gone down, never to be seen again Cause Marcellos basement is no ordinary basement There has been a 100 men down there at once There is a table on the middle of the floor, on the middle of the table a revolver and it's labeled Made in HongKong Hallelujah There's russian roulette here each friday and sunday there's a confirmation Mrs Conradas has made it very clear, on sunday 12 o'clock She doesn't want to see a drop of blood But Marcello is fine(?) when he drinks Cause it's his wine, it's his women and his dance He's a charmeur, and he has no equal Everything and everyone in this basement is his Hallelujah And so the atmosphere gets even more russian down there The have got hold of a russian ballerina She dances polka the traditional way Then she gets hundred bucks to keep her mouth shut till next friday Yes, the atmosphere in Marcellos basement can't be complained about You're clammy and you're sweaty when you leave And those who can't walk the distance They can't become members of the Resistance Hallelujah This is terrible in english (and my transaltion doesn't really make it any better:P). |
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| Tom Waits – Bottom of the World Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I believe he's talking about dew. | |
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