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I don’t go to church on Sunday, don’t get on my knees to pray, or memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way

Tom Waits

I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
TOM WAITS

Late Myself Ride
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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People Scare Success Yourself
I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.
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Eyes Movie Song Thinking
When your down on your luck and you’ve lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans.
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Down Dreams Luck Yourself
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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Best Better Care Children Growth Oneself
She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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Forest Herself Live
Got a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.
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Head Rain
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
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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Gentle Man Play
If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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Angel Devil Myself
I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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Balance Car Myself Pride
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
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.
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Abundance Beneath Bury Confusion Gun Happiness Information Knowledge Money Weapon Weight
I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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Hate Myself Prime
it ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
TOM WAITS

Bone Dance Sin Skin Yourself
The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
TOM WAITS

Action Style Way Yourself

I don’t go to church on Sunday, don’t get on my knees to pray, or memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way

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I don’t go to church on Sunday, don’t get on my knees to pray, or memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way

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