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Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.

Tom Waits

I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
TOM WAITS

Live Myself
You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
TOM WAITS

Busy Car Dog Move Yourself
But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
TOM WAITS

Cold Dance Hard Music Way
I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I’d trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.
TOM WAITS

Food High Myself Table Trade
All that you’ve loved is all you own.
TOM WAITS

Love One Liner Yourself
I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
TOM WAITS

Act Actor Difference Myself
Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
TOM WAITS

Devil Drink God Himself Known
I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
TOM WAITS

Initial Myself Scratch
I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong. I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.
TOM WAITS

Hear Ideas Myself Wrong
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.
TOM WAITS

Break Children Fall Live Time Window Yourself
The beginning of it starts at the end.
TOM WAITS

Beginning End Start
I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.
TOM WAITS

Affect Audience Believe Important Myself Way
I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.
TOM WAITS

Eyes Movie Song Thinking
If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
TOM WAITS

Angel Devil Myself
I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
TOM WAITS

Music Myself Song Wind
You’re innocent when you dream.
TOM WAITS

Dreams Innocence Yourself

Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.

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