A Sight for Sore Eyes Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Diego8978 

Cover art for A Sight for Sore Eyes lyrics by Tom Waits

This is perhaps my favourite Waits song. I have to say "perhaps" because he's written so many masterpieces, but I really do love this one.

You can almost picture him in his crumpled jacket and newsboy hat, perched on the counter of some seedy New York bar, knocking back the booze and talking to complete strangers the whole night through...