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It’s very hard to stop doing things you’re used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.

Tom Waits

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 sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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Alcohol Blood Myself
I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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Lying Myself Talk Truth
The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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Earth Home Myself Philosophy Travel Wisdom
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
There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
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Advice Deep Food Freedom Trap
I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
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Music Myself Song Wind
Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
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Death Drive Man Trust 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.
TOM WAITS

Best Better Care Children Growth Oneself
I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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Arms Time Yourself
Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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Day Plant Yourself
Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me – choke those little bad days. Choke ’em down to nothing.
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Bad Day Growth Plant Yourself
I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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Money Myself
The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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Beat Bite Bone Dog Yourself
It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
TOM WAITS

Born Mysterious Thinking Writing Yourself
I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.
TOM WAITS

Couple Myself Song Thinking Weather

It’s very hard to stop doing things you’re used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.

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It’s very hard to stop doing things you’re used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.

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