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rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2477 Posts |
Tom Waits' "Circus" from his album "Real Gone" has found its way to his new "Glitter and Gold Live" album - I think the guy understands (heck, if Tom don't, nobody do):
We put up our tent on a dark Green knoll, outside of town by The train tracks and a seagull dump Topping the bill was Horse Face Ethel And her 'Marvellous Pigs In Satin' We pounded our stakes in the ground All powder brown And the branches spread like scary Fingers reaching We were in a pasture outside Kankakee And One Eyed Myra, the queen of The galley who trained the Ostrich and the camels She looked at me squinty with her One good eye in a Roy Orbison T-shirt as she bottle fed An orangutan named Tripod And then there was Yodeling Elaine the Queen of the air who wore a Dollar sign medallion and she Had a tiny bubble of spittle Around her nostril and a Little rusty tear, for she had Lassoed and lost another Tipsy sailor And over in The burnt yellow tent By the frozen tractor, the Music was like electric sugar And Zuzu Bolin played 'Stavin' Chain' and Mighty Tiny on the saw and he Threw his head back with a Mouth full of gold teeth And they played 'Lopsided heart' And 'Moon over Dog Street' And by the time they played "Moanin Low" I was soakin' wet and wild eyed And Doctor Bliss slipped me a Preparation and I fell asleep with 'Livery Stable Blues' in my ear And me and Molley Hoey drank Pruno and Koolaid and she had a Tattoo gun made out of a cassette Motor and a guitar string and She soaked a hanky in 3 Roses And rubbed it on the spot And drew a rickety heart and A bent arrow and it hurt like hell And Funeral Wells spun Poodle Murphy on the target As he threw his hardware, Only once in Sheboygan did he miss At a matinee on Diamond Pier and She'd never let him forget it They were doing two shows and she Had a high fever and he took Off a piece of her ear and Tip Little told her she should Leave the bum But Poodle said, "He fetched me Last time I run." But I'd like to hammer this ring into a bullet And I wish I had some whiskey and a gun My dear |
Rod Pringle Special user 543 Posts |
HMMM Horse face Ethel???? I think I dated her once, she kept munching on oat cakes at the drive in movie hahaha
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Kevin Gerrone Regular user 122 Posts |
Tom Waits is totally AMAZING!!!! Even more so live!!!! A lot of his songs make referance to carnival/circus life. In fact his song "Table top Joe" is about Johnny Eck!
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Rod Pringle Special user 543 Posts |
Here is another carnival song...... Dusty Old Fairgrounds by the one and only Bob Dylan
Enjoy!!!! Rod http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxC6PyietZs |
Stephon Special user Maryland, USA 911 Posts |
It's a really interesting piece to listen to; Waits delivery adds an entire other dimension.
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thecardtrick New user Northern NJ 72 Posts |
Here's a link to Waits' piece: http://songza.fm/~y8mhti
"she had a Tattoo gun made out of a cassette Motor and a guitar string" |
thegreatnippulini Inner circle of Hell because I've made 2582 Posts |
So, "she" spent time in prison, obviously.
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BostonBlackie Regular user Chicago, IL 111 Posts |
Waits has several songs on circus and carny. You can find all his lyrics here:
http://www.tomwaitslibrary.com/lyrics-by-songs.html
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