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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.

Tom Waits

But then I’m one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.
TOM WAITS

Afraid Conversation Death Live Music Telephone
I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
TOM WAITS

Evening Myself Train
The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
TOM WAITS

Beat Bite Bone Dog Yourself
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
TOM WAITS

Abundance Bury Happiness Information Quantity Wealth Weight
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
TOM WAITS

Air Interest Song
The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
TOM WAITS

Action Style Way Yourself
You’re innocent when you dream.
TOM WAITS

Dreams Innocence Yourself
I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
TOM WAITS

Drink Myself Problem
Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
TOM WAITS

Back Sight Yourself
When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
TOM WAITS

Age Myself Old Quite Young
Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
TOM WAITS

Death Drive Man Trust Yourself
it ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
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Bone Dance Sin Skin Yourself
The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
TOM WAITS

Away Big Small
The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
TOM WAITS

Bible Devil Hands Himself Religious
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
You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
TOM WAITS

Busy Car Dog Move Yourself

I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.

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