Waltzing Mathilda Lyrics

Lyric discussion by baroquen 

Cover art for Waltzing Mathilda lyrics by Tom Waits

I feel this song to be about heroin addiction.: now i've lost my st. christopher now that i kissed her and the one-arm bandit knows and the maverick chinaman with the cold-blooded sigh

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begged you to stab me you tore my shirt open and i'm down on my knees tonight

old bushmills i staggered you buried the dagger

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that the streets aren't for dreaming now manslaughter dragnet and the ghost that sells memories want a piece of the action anyhow

like an old blues singer on the road, city to city... staying in fleabags, playing dives jacking up to go to bed after closing