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You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.

Tom Waits

They say that I have no hits and that I’m difficult to work with. And they say that like it’s a bad thing.
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Bad Difficult Myself Work
I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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Arms Time Yourself
I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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Lying Myself Talk Truth
I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
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Bowl Moon Myself Stars
Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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Back Sight Yourself
Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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Desire Memories Time
Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.
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Cross Wood
You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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Known Trust Yourself
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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Bad Destroy Hell Ourselves Place Suffering World Writing
The Universe is making music all the time.
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Music Time Universe
The piano has been drinking, not me.
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Drink Funny Instrument Myself Piano
I don’t like the stigma that comes with being called a poet. So I call what I’m doing an improvisational adventure or an inebriational travelogue.
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Adventure Call Improvisation Myself Poet
I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.
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Couple Myself Song Thinking Weather
Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
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Death Drive Man Trust Yourself
I’m trying to get music ideas that come and keep them alive. It’s like carrying water in your hands. I want to keep it all, and sometimes by the time you get to the studio you have nothing.
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Alive Hands Ideas Music Time Yourself
You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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Busy Car Dog Move Yourself

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