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When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.

Tom Waits

Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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Air Interest Song
New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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End Force Surreal Yourself
I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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Arms Time Yourself
On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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Funny Grave Myself Sick
People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.
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People Scare Success Yourself
I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
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Music Myself Song Wind
Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell ’em to do that, they’ll find a little pot of gold.
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Break Finding Stay Window
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.
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Abundance Beneath Bury Confusion Gun Happiness Information Knowledge Money Weapon Weight
Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.
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Brain Built Drive Himself Road Specialist Vision Willing
Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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Back Sight Yourself
When your down on your luck and you’ve lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans.
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Down Dreams Luck Yourself
The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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Beat Bite Bone Dog Yourself
I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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Freedom Myself Science
I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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Lying Myself Talk Truth
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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Beautiful Melody Myself Terrible
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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Market Myself Nervous Open People See Yourself

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