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Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?

Tom Waits

Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all the time. Things are falling over and breaking and spilling. If you live on the second story, you really have to keep the windows shut all the time.
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Break Children Fall Live Time Window Yourself
I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
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Live Myself
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
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
Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.
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Born Myself Night Search Sleep Sweet
I like vocal word stuff. But I don’t always write with an instrument, I usually write a capella. It’s more like drawing in the air with your fingers. It’s closest to the choreography of a bee. You’re freer.
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Fingers Freedom Instrument Myself Vocal Word
Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
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Bad Body Drink Heart Myself
If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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Angel Devil Myself
And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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Death Earth Myself Scream
When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
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Age Myself Old Quite Young
But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
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Cold Dance Hard Music Way
I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
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Music Myself Song Wind
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’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
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Lying Myself Past Secret
A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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Dumb Intelligence Mental

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