Telephone Call From Istanbul
Tom Waits
All night long on the broken glass livin in a medicine chest mediteromanian hotel back sprawled across a roll top desk the monkey rode the blade on an overhead fan they paint the donkey blue if you pay I got a telephone call from Istanbul my baby's coming home today will you sell me one of those if I shave my head get me out of town is what fireball said never trust a man in a blue trench coat never drive a car when you're dead Saturday's a festival Friday's a gem dye your hair yellow and raise your hem follow me to beulah's on dry creek road I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed take me down to buy a tux on red rose bear got to cut a hole in the day I got a telephone call from Istanbul my baby's coming home today1987 80s advice alternative americana blues cabaret cities cwc dark Down and Dirty dramatic experimental feel good folk folk-rock Great Lyricists indie Insanity Istanbul jazz Khronophors Desert Island Trac kurt weil-like love u male most beautiful songs ever writ mouthful of gravel my love naive pleasures never drive a car when you're original percussion places rock rock - folk Rock fav singer singer-songwriter songwriter storytelling sublime the one and only theyre listening Tom Waits top rated tracks unamerican vaudeville Wail Weimar
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