I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
TOM WAITSWell I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or paper airplanes. They don’t care if they lose it; they’ll just make another one.
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I’m always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you’re drowning, and it’s there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.
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it ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
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The ocean doesn’t want me today, But I’ll come back tomorrow to play. The riptide is waging And the life guard’s away But the ocean doesn’t want me today.
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I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don’t get out much. It’s true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.
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You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
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The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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