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You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?

Tom Waits

Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me – choke those little bad days. Choke ’em down to nothing.
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Bad Day Growth Plant Yourself
We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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Monkey Reality Weapon
Never have your wallet with you onstage. It’s bad luck. You shouldn’t play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money.
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Inspirational Money Musician Need Play Stage Wallet Yourself
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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Gentle Man Play
I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.
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Couple Myself Song Thinking Weather
I’m not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.
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Fight Justice Myself World
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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Beautiful Melody Myself Terrible
The beginning of it starts at the end.
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Beginning End Start
The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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Earth Home Myself Philosophy Travel Wisdom
It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
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Born Mysterious Thinking Writing Yourself
There’s no prayer like desire.
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Desire One Liner Prayer
Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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Dreams Instagram Captions One Liner Rainbow Sing Steal
I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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Alcohol Blood Myself
If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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Enough Far Home Yourself
Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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Kill Kiss Myself See
Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
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Friendship Pain Reality

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