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Tom Waits

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
The beginning of it starts at the end.
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Beginning End Start
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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Air Interest Song
I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I’d trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.
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Food High Myself Table Trade
All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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Love One Liner Yourself
If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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Enough Far Home Yourself
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
Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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Day Plant Yourself
I don’t think that you should be perfectly candid and frank about the intimate details of your personal life with the public at large. Subsequently, it creates considerable personal problems.
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Detail Intimate Myself Perfection Problem Thinking
I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
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Lying Myself Past Secret
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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Capture End Feature Song Writing
I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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Inspirational Myself Poor Reach Start
I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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Balance Car Myself Pride
Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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Funny Instrument Musician Myself
I’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
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Guy Ring Sell Type
The trick is to have a career and have a family. It’s like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.
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Career Family Night Trick Yourself

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