Closing Time by Tom Waits ~ full album ᴴᴰ

Tom Waits phenomenal 1973 debut album. He was 24!

0:00 Ol' '55
3:58 I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You
7:52 Virginia Avenue
11:02 Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)
14:47 Midnight Lullaby
18:10 Martha
22:41 Rosie
26:25 Lonely
29:58 Ice Cream Man
33:03 Little Trip to Heaven (On the Wings of Your Love)
36:44 Grapefruit Moon
41:41 Closing Time (instrumental)

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Ol' '55

Well my time went so quickly, I went lickety-splickly'
out to my old '55
As I drove away slowly, feeling so holy..God knows
I was feeling alive..

Now the sun's coming up
I'm riding with Lady Luck
freeway cars and trucks,
Stars beginning to fade
and I lead the parade

Just a-wishing I'd stayed a little longer,
Oh, Lord, let me tell you that the feeling's getting stronger.

And it's six in the morning, gave me no warning;
I had to be on my way.
Well there's trucks all a-passing me,
and the lights are all flashing,
'I'm on my way home from your place...

And now the sun's coming up..
I'm riding with Lady Luck
freeway cars and trucks,
Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade

Just a-wishing I'd stayed a little longer,
Oh, Lord, let me tell you that the feeling's getting stronger.

And my time went so quickly, I went lickety-splickly
out to my old '55
As I pulled away slowly, feeling so holy,
God knows, I was feeling alive..

Now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck,
Freeway cars and trucks..

~✧

I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You

Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you
'Cause falling in love just makes me blue,
Well the music plays and you display
Your heart for me to see,
I had a beer and now I hear you
Calling out for me
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

Well the room is crowded, people everywhere
And I wonder, should I offer you a chair?
Well if you sit down with this old clown,
Take that frown and break it,
Before the evening's gone away,
I think that we could make it,
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

'Well the night does funny things inside a man..
These old tom-cat feelings you don't understand,
Well I turn around to look at you,
You light a cigarette,
I wish I had the guts to bum one,
But we've never met,
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

I can see that you are lonesome just like me,
And it being late, you'd like some some company,
Well I turn around to look at you,
And you look back at me,
The guy you're with has up and split,
The chair next to you's free,
And I hope that you don't fall in love with me.

Now it's closing time, the music's fading out
Last call for drinks, I'll have another stout.
Well I turn around to look at you,
You're nowhere to be found,
I search the place for your lost face,
Guess I'll have another round
And I think that I just fell in love with you.

~✧

Virginia Avenue

Well, I'm walking down Virginia Avenue
I'm trying to find somebody to tell my troubles to.
Harold's club is closing, everybody's going on home
What's a poor sailor to do?

I guess I'll get on back into my short, make it back to the fort
Sleepin off all the crazy lizards inside of my brain.
Got to be some place that's better than this
This life I'm leading's driving me insane

And I'm dreaming...

And I'm dreaming to the twilight, this town has got me down.
I've seen all the highlights, I've been walking all around
I won't make a fuss, I'll take a Greyhound bus, carry me away from here
Now what have I got to lose?

'Cause I'm walking on down Columbus Avenue
The bars are all closing, 'cause it's quarter a' two
Every town I go to is like a lock without a key
Those I leave behind are catching up on me,
Catching up on me, they're catching up on me

~✧

Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)

I'm singing this song, it's time it was sung
I've been putting it off for a while,
But it's harder by now, 'cause the truth is so clear
That I cry when I'm seeing you smile.
So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
And your tears cannot bind me anymore,
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes...
Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone.

Every time that I tried to tell that we'd lost the magic we had at the start,
I would weep my heart when I looked in your eyes
And I searched once again for the spark.
So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
And your tears cannot bind me anymore,
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone...

"I can see by your eyes, it's time now to go '
So I'll leave you to cry in the rain,
Though I held in my hand, the key to all joy
Honey my heart was not born to be tamed.
So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
And your tears cannot bind me anymore,
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone.

So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
And your tears cannot bind me anymore,
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone...

*Lyrics for additional songs 5-12:
http://www.reocities.com/soho/7587/closie.html

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