A Sight For Sore Eyes

Tom Waits

hey sight for sore eyes it's a long time no see 
workin hard hardly workin hey man you know me 
water under the bridge didya see my new car 
well it's bought and it's payed for parked outside of the bar 
and hey barkeeper what's keepin you keep pourin drinks 
for all these palookas hey you know what i thinks 
that we toast to the old days and dimagio too 
and old drysdale and mantle whitey ford and to you 

no the old gang ain't around everyone has left town 
'cept for thumm and giardina said they just might be down 
oh half drunk all the time and i'm all drunk the rest 
yea monk's till the champion but i'm the best 

i guess you heard about nash he was killed in a crash 
hell that must of been two or three years ago now 
yea he spun out and he rolled he hit a telephone pole 
and he died with the radio on 
no she's married and with a kid finally split up with sid 
he's up north for a nickle's worth for armed robbery 

hey i'll play you some pin ball hell you ain't got a chance 
well then go on over and ask her to dance 

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