Can anyone shed some light on this song? One of my favorite on the new album. I feel like there must be a story behind it I am missing -- Disgraced actress turned prostitute leaves town? Are the gallows real or figurative? "The only way down from the gallows is to swing" -- What a line. Waits/Brennan in peak form.
Can anyone shed some light on this song? One of my favorite on the new album. I feel like there must be a story behind it I am missing -- Disgraced actress turned prostitute leaves town? Are the gallows real or figurative? "The only way down from the gallows is to swing" -- What a line. Waits/Brennan in peak form.
here is his explanation. in this interview.
here is his explanation. in this interview.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/q-and-a-with-tom-waits/
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/q-and-a-with-tom-waits/