Swamp Song (Tom Waits Not All That Long)

SWAMP SONG (TOM WAITS NOT ALL THAT LONG)

if you think i sound strange

well don't be surprised

theres more that appears

behind these dead eyes

if i sound scary if i sound rough

eating just sandpaper made me so tough

so fancy these numbers on a grisly theme

paint on some makeup and come join the scene

the whiskeys in the corner, cigars in the back

got to have some vices so smoke the whole pack

wine, gin and bourbon we know how to reach 'em

look at me harken' to the choir i'm preaching

if i sound like tom waits, don't be surprised

just dust off those lenses and open those eyes

i'm paler and i'm smaller and i'm younger too

got no chocolate jesus out praying for you

cause my uncle vernon he's sitting 6 feet under

and let me make reference to another grisly number

when you played that tarantella and the rain dogs start to sing

the junkman baby wants your heart

whats he building with these strings

grave robbing bourbon jockeys

when you hear this sound,

that were all gonna be just dirt in the ground.