I was always laughing in church.
TOM WAITSMost of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.
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Arithmetic arithmetock Turn the hands back on the clock How does the ocean rock the boat? How did the razor find my throat? The only strings that hold me here Are tangled up around the pier.
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All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
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I’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
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Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
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Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
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Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don’t get out much. It’s true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.
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The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
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We have a deficit of wonder right now.
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You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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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.
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Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
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Never have your wallet with you onstage. It’s bad luck. You shouldn’t play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money.
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