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You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.

Tom Waits

The ocean doesn’t want me today, But I’ll come back tomorrow to play. The riptide is waging And the life guard’s away But the ocean doesn’t want me today.
TOM WAITS

Guard Life Myself Ocean Play
I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
TOM WAITS

Lying Myself Past Secret
I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
TOM WAITS

Audio Illusion Myself Sick Wrong
The Universe is making music all the time.
TOM WAITS

Music Time Universe
I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I’m a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.
TOM WAITS

Appreciation Greatness Music Myself Vocabulary
All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
TOM WAITS

Donut Name Prostitute Sound
I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
TOM WAITS

Music Myself Song Wind
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.
TOM WAITS

Floor Machine Myself Pieces
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
TOM WAITS

Air Interest Song
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
Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
TOM WAITS

Fall Kind Yourself
You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?
TOM WAITS

Brave Captain Devil Light Wicket Yourself
Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
TOM WAITS

Back Sight Yourself
Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
TOM WAITS

Dreams Instagram Captions One Liner Rainbow Sing Steal
All that you’ve loved is all you own.
TOM WAITS

Love One Liner Yourself
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
TOM WAITS

Beautiful Melody Myself Terrible

You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.

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