The piano has been drinking, not me.
TOM WAITS
TOM WAITS
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Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
Tom WaitsTom Waits 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 WaitsTom Waits I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
Tom WaitsTom Waits You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I don’t like the stigma that comes with being called a poet. So I call what I’m doing an improvisational adventure or an inebriational travelogue.
Tom WaitsTom Waits Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell ’em to do that, they’ll find a little pot of gold.
Tom WaitsTom Waits Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
Tom WaitsTom Waits 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 WaitsTom Waits On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
Tom WaitsTom Waits The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I was always laughing in church.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
Tom WaitsTom Waits Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
Tom WaitsTom Waits When you’re writing‚ you’re conjuring. It’s a ritual‚ and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you’re inviting into the room.
Tom WaitsTom Waits A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
Tom WaitsTom Waits
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And in the end when the money is gone – will you still stay it was worth it.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby My soul speaks a language, only you can understand.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale In another life, you kept your word, and forever’s still ours for the taking.
Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina Journey with struggle becomes a great tale in the future.
Carla StokesCarla Stokes I’m not asking that you take the bullet for me. I wish you’d shoot first.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery A rainy day is the perfect excuse to explore deeper feelings.
Emily BockEmily Bock Stop taking care of everyone else before you take care of yourself.
Claire VinsonClaire Vinson Music is a weed, we all fallen souls are high on.
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More on drink
Love could be labeled poison and we’d drink it anyway.
AtticusAtticus Thinking of you is a poison I drink often.
AtticusAtticus Sure she would drink & digress with you but i undressed your soul. He sank in the shallow end.
Charlie GilbertCharlie Gilbert I like to drink to suit my location.
Tom JonesTom Jones What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
DiogenesDiogenes If you drink much from a bottle marked ‘poison’ it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.
Lewis CarrollLewis Carroll Always drink upstream from the herd.
Will RogersWill Rogers We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
EpicurusEpicurus