Jitterbug Boy
Tom Waits
Well, I'm a jitterbug boy, by the shoe-shine Resting on my laurels and my hardys too Life of Riley on a swing shift, gears follow my drift Once upon a time I was in show-biz too I seen the Brooklyn Dodgers playing at Ebbets Field Seen the Kentucky Derby too It's fast women, slow horses, unreliable sources, And I'm holding up the lamp-post if you want to know I've seen the Wabash Cannonball, buddy, I've done it all 'Cause I slept with the lions and Marilyn Monroe, Had breakfast in the eye of a hurricane Fought Rocky Marciano, played Minnesota Fats, Burned hundred-dollar bills, I've eaten Mulligan stew Got drunk with Louis Armstrong, what's that old song? I taught Mickey Mantle everything that he knows So you ask me what I'm doing here holding up the lamp-post, Flipping this quarter, trying to make up my mind And if it's heads I go to Tennessee, and tails I buy a drink, If it lands on the edge I keep talking to you (scat)acoustic Alternative Punk best mouth in rock blues cabaret cafe coco calm Chez Jez close comforting comfy americana couch cwc dark dinner downtempo experimental fandango favdango folk ft gentle men gotanygoodmusic halftoned singles club hi fidelity jazz jazz vocal jazzy jazzy smooth soul kuschelig lovely Man music middle age mix moan nat mellow slow new york nice elevator music piano pm stuff Rainy Day rainy day bittersweet blues Sincere singer singer-songwriter Smokey Music Tom Waits waits wise
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