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If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.

Tom Waits

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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Gentle Man Play
On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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Funny Grave Myself Sick
I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
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Drink Myself Problem
Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
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Bad Body Drink Heart Myself
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?
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Brave Captain Devil Light Wicket Yourself
The folks who know the truth aren’t talking. The ones who don’t have a clue, you can’t shut them up!
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Talk Truth Yourself
I always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We’re all looking at the wrapping. But we won’t tear the wrapping to see what lies beneath.
TOM WAITS

Ideas Insect Lying Myself See
I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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Balance Car Myself Pride
I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
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Audio Illusion Myself Sick Wrong
I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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Lying Myself Talk Truth
You can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again.
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Drive Nature Roar Yourself
The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
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Average Change Life Person Time Traffic
I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
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Evening Myself Train
Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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Day Plant Yourself
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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Air Interest Song
I dunno when I started writing really. I was, like, filling out applications and stuff real early. Last name first, first name last, sex. ‘occasionally’ , stuff like that. Then I was writing letters, filling out forms, writing on bathroom walls.
TOM WAITS

Application Fill Myself Sex Start Writing

If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.

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If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.

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