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| Tom Waits – Lie to Me Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Tom prefaced this song during a recent concert in St. Louis by saying, "This song is about a girl who lied to me. *Please* continue to lie to me." |
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| Tom Waits – Who Are You Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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A tilt-a-whirl is a carnival ride, and I'm not sure how one might "mad dog" it, but I'm assuming it's just meant to be some twisted imagery. Does anyone else think this song is about Rickie Lee Jones? The lines "Are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes?/Well I fell in love with your sailor's mouth and your wounded eyes" make me think that it might be. She was supposedly kind of a wild child back in the days when she and Waits knew each other. |
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| Tom Waits – Falling Down Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I think this song refers to feeling helpless about things you have no control over. You can't make someone fall in love with you. I love the opening line so much: "I've come 500 miles just to see a halo, come from St. Petersburg, Scarlett and me." |
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