Tom Waits (born Thomas Alan Waits, in Pomona, California, on December 7, 1949) is a prolific American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor.
He started his career in the early 1970s as a singer in spit 'n' sawdust bars. Initially, he was deeply influenced by the beat generation, novelists like Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, and poets like Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski. Waits is often compared to Charles Bukowski, being similar both in content and lifestyle
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Am Edna Millon in a drop dead suit E7 Dutch pink in a downtown train
Two dollar pistol, but the gun won't shoot Am I'm in the corner in the pouring rain
16 men on a deadman's chest E7 And I've been drinking from a broken cup
Two pair of pants and a mohair vest Am I'm full of burbon; I can't stand up
[Chorus]
DmAm Hey little bird, fly away home E7Am Your house is on fire; your children are alone DmAm Hey little bird, fly away home E7Am Your house is on fire; your children are alone
[Verse]
Schiffer broke a bottle on Morgans head And I've been stepping on the devils tail Across the stripes of a full moons head Through the bars of a Cuban jail Bloody fingers on a purple knife A flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife Come admire the view from upon the top of the mast
[Chorus]
DmAm Hey little bird, fly away home E7Am Your house is on fire; your children are alone DmAm Hey little bird, fly away home E7Am Your house is on fire; your children are alone
[Verse]
Yellow sheets in a Hong Kong bed Stayzbo horn and a Singerland slide To the carnival is what she said A hundred dollars makes it dark inside 16 men on a deadman's chest And I've been drinking from a broken cup Two pair of pants and a mohair vest I'm full of burbon; I can't stand up