Tom Waits

The large print giveth and the small print taketh away. ↗

— Tom Waits

#cynicism #music #music

Let me fall out of the window/ With confetti in my hair ↗

— Tom Waits

#song-lyrics

I danced along a colored wind/ Dangled from a rope of sand ↗

— Tom Waits

#song-lyrics

I guess I've always lived upside down when I want things I can't have. ↗

— Tom Waits

#down #guess #i #lived #things

I do like books on anatomy. I have to say I'm an amateur physician, I guess. ↗

— Tom Waits

#anatomy #books #guess #i #i do

I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas. ↗

— Tom Waits

#hate #i #kids #las #las vegas

George Burns was a Vaudeville performer I particularly loved. ↗

— Tom Waits

#george #george burns #i #loved #particularly

Don't look back, because someone might be gaining on you. ↗

— Tom Waits

#because #gaining #look #might #someone

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. ↗

— Tom Waits

#i #i think #just #names #sailors

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you can't remember Tell the things you can't forget that History puts a saint in every dream. ↗

— Tom Waits

#dream #every #forget #getting #history