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She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.

Tom Waits

I admit that I ain’t no angel, I admit that I ain’t no saint – I’m selfish and I’m cruel and I’m blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they’re so hard to find.
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Angel Blind Finding Hard Myself Selfish
The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
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Bible Devil Hands Himself Religious
I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.
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Affect Audience Believe Important Myself Way
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
You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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Busy Car Dog Move Yourself
Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.
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Cross Wood
Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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Devil God Sleep World
I like Thelonious Monk, he’s so gnarled, he’s like a piece of machinery that’s pulled up the bolts on the floor and gone off on its own.
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Floor Machine Myself Pieces
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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Admire Death Feeling People
The folks who know the truth aren’t talking. The ones who don’t have a clue, you can’t shut them up!
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Talk Truth Yourself
I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
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Live Myself
If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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Angel Devil Myself
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
Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
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Devil Drink God Himself Known
I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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Late Myself Ride
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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Beautiful Melody Myself Terrible

She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.

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