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I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.

Tom Waits

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
Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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Funny Instrument Musician Myself
I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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Balance Car Myself Pride
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.
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Brave Conjuring Invitation Room Writing Yourself
I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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Freedom Myself Science
Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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Back Sight Yourself
The fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what you “know” about me is only what I allowed you to know about me.
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Allow Fact Myself People Rumor 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 always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I’m a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.
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Appreciation Greatness Music Myself Vocabulary
Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
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Gospel Myself Religious Yourself
I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
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Lying Myself Past Secret
I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I’d trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.
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Food High Myself Table Trade
Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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Day Plant Yourself
Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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Dreams Instagram Captions One Liner Rainbow Sing Steal
I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
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Evening Myself Train
I was always laughing in church.
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Laughter Myself Religious

I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.

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