Rain Dogs
Inside a broken clock splashing the wine with all the rain dogs
Taxi, we'd rather walk huddle a doorway with the Rain Dogs for I am a Rain Dog, too
How we danced and we swallowed the night for it was all ripe for dreaming
How we danced away all of the lights we've always been out of our minds
The rum pours strong and thin beat out the dustman
With the rain dogs aboard a shipwreck train
Give my umbrella to the Rain Dogs for I am a Rain Dog too
How we danced with the Rose of Tralee her long hair black as a raven
How we danced and you whispered to me you'll never be going back home
You'll never be going back home
How we danced and we swallowed the night for it was all ripe for dreaming
How we danced away all of the lights we've always been out of our minds
Earth Died Screaming
Rudy's on the midway and Jacob's in the hole
The monkey's on the ladder the devil shovels coal
With crows as big as air planes the lion has three heads
And someone will eat the skin that he sheds and the earth died screaming
The earth died screaming while I lay dreaming of you
Well hell doesn't want you and heaven is full
Bring me some water put it in this skull
I walk between the raindrops wait in Bug House Square
And the army ants they leave nothing but the bones
And the earth died screaming while I lay dreaming of you
There was thunder there was lightning then the stars went out
And the moon fell from the sky it rained mackerel it rained trout
And the great day of wrath has come and here's mud in your big red eye
The poker's in the fire and the locusts take the sky
And the earth died screaming while I lay dreaming of you
Better Off Without A Wife
All my friends are married every Tom and Dick and Harry
You must be strong if you're to go it alone
Here's to the bachelors and the Bowery bums
Those who feel that they're the ones that are better off without a wife
Because I like to sleep until the crack of noon
Midnight howling at the moon going out when I want to,
And I'm coming home when I please don't have to ask permission
If I wanna go out fishing never have to ask for the keys
I've never been no Valentino but I had a girl who lived in Reno
Left me for a trumpet player well, it didn't get me down
He was wanted for assault and though he said it weren't his fault
You know the coppers rode him right out of town
I'll be sleeping until the crack of noon
Midnight howling at the moon and I'll be going out when I want to
Coming home when I please don't have to ask permission
If I wanna go out fishing never have to ask for the keys
You see I'm kinda selfish about my privacy now as long as I can be with me
We get along so well I can't even believe it I love to chew the fat with folks
I'll be listening to all your dirty jokes I'm so thankful for these friends I do receive
I'll be sleeping until the crack of noon
Midnight howling at the moon and I'll be going out when I want to
Coming home when I please don't have to ask permission
If I wanna go out fishing never have to ask for the keys
I got this girl I know and I just
She's been married several times and I don't wanna end up like her
I mean, she's been married so many times
She's got rice-marks all over her face you know the kind
Warm Beer And Cold Women
It's warm beer and cold women, no I just don't fit in
Every joint I stumbled into tonight, that's just how its been
All these double-knit strangers with gin and vermouth
And recycled stories, in the Naugahyde booths
And the platinum blondes and tobacco brunettes
I'll just be drinking to forget you, I light another cigarette
And the band's playing something by Tammy Wynette
And the drinks are on me tonight
All my conversations now, I'll just be talking about you
I'm boring some sailor as I try to get through
I just want him to listen now I say that's all you have to do
He said I'm better off without you, until I showed him my tattoo
And now the moon's rising, ain't no time to lose
Time to get down to drinking, tell the band to play the blues
And the drinks are on me I'll buy another round at the last ditch attempt saloon
Warm beer and cold women, no I just don't fit in
Every joint I stumble into tonight, that's just how it's been
All these double-knit strangers with gin and vermouth
Receding hairlines, in the Naugahyde booths
And the platinum blondes and tobacco brunettes
I'll just be drinking to forget you I light a menthol cigarette
And the band's playing something by Johnnie Barnett
At the last ditch attempt saloon
I'm Your Late Night Evening Prostitute
Well I got here at eight and I'll be here till two
I'll try my best to entertain you and please don't mind me if I get a bit crude
I'm your late night evening prostitute
So drink your martinis and stare at the moon
Don't mind me I'll continue to croon don't mind me if I get a bit loon
I'm your late night evening prostitute
And dance, have a good time I'll continue to shine
Dance, have a good time don't mind me if I slip upon a rhyme
Well I got here at eight and I'll be here till two
I'll try my best to entertain you and please don't mind me if I get a bit crude
I'm your late night evening prostitute I'm your late night evening prostitute
Coney Island Baby
Every night she comes to take me out to dreamland
When I'm with her, I'm the richest man in the town
She's a rose, she's the pearl she's the spin on my world
All the stars make their wishes on her eyes
She's my Coney Island Baby She's my Coney Island Girl
She's a princess, in a red dress
She's the moon in the mist to me
She's my Coney Island Baby
She's my Coney Island Girl
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