There’s no prayer like desire.
TOM WAITSThere’s no prayer like desire.
TOM WAITSI admit that I ain’t no angel, I admit that I ain’t no saint – I’m selfish and I’m cruel and I’m blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they’re so hard to find.
TOM WAITSYou’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
TOM WAITSGot a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.
TOM WAITSI did my time in the jail of your arms.
TOM WAITSWell you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
TOM WAITSYou’re innocent when you dream.
TOM WAITSAnd the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
TOM WAITSI’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
TOM WAITSDon’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
TOM WAITSNew York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
TOM WAITSI was always laughing in church.
TOM WAITSMost 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.
TOM WAITSYou can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again.
TOM WAITSI never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
TOM WAITSI’m not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.
TOM WAITS