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The ocean doesn’t want me today, But I’ll come back tomorrow to play. The riptide is waging And the life guard’s away But the ocean doesn’t want me today.

Tom Waits

The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
TOM WAITS

Beat Bite Bone Dog Yourself
I’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
TOM WAITS

Guy Ring Sell Type
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.
TOM WAITS

Afraid Conversation Death Live Music Telephone
Got a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.
TOM WAITS

Head Rain
The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
TOM WAITS

Bible Devil Hands Himself Religious
We have a deficit of wonder right now.
TOM WAITS

Imagination Right Wonder
You know, we just buy music now. We don’t make it any more. And that goes for just about everything. I think it’s so important that people develop and subscribe to and have confidence in their own ability to make music, however rough it is.
TOM WAITS

Ability Confidence Important Music Rough Thinking Yourself
I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
TOM WAITS

Balance Car Myself Pride
I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
TOM WAITS

Lying Myself Past Secret
All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
TOM WAITS

Donut Name Prostitute Sound
Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
TOM WAITS

Desire Memories Time
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.
TOM WAITS

Arithmetic Boat Finding Hands Hold Myself Ocean
The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
TOM WAITS

Action Style Way Yourself
You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
TOM WAITS

Busy Car Dog Move Yourself
If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
TOM WAITS

Angel Devil Myself
I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
TOM WAITS

Music Myself Song Wind

The ocean doesn’t want me today, But I’ll come back tomorrow to play. The riptide is waging And the life guard’s away But the ocean doesn’t want me today.

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The ocean doesn’t want me today, But I’ll come back tomorrow to play. The riptide is waging And the life guard’s away But the ocean doesn’t want me today.

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