We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Tom Waits For No One

from Dark Songs Vol. 3 by Holiday Music Motel

/

about

6* Tom Waits for No One (The Circus Train Incident) – (Adrienne Hatkin, Rick Wood) Performed by: Adrienne Hatkin - accordion, percussion / Rick Wood - percussion, bones, mouth, pork pie hat

lyrics

It was a night blacker than pitch
Scraped off the inside of the shell of an oyster
He was half-ass chained to the inside of a cl… full of sixteen nuns in crotchless panties
On nights like this I always keep an alibi in my trunk
I came to the railroad crossing and the little engine that could was a-chuggin’ up the hill, just saying, “I think I can, but I know I shouldn’t.”
Four sad clowns and a bearded lady was eatin’ apple pie in the caboose car
While a midget ladled water out of the bunky bucket … that was dryin’ up from the lack of a storm
They used to tie ‘em up to the roof out in the rain
The train crashed off the hill
The ringmaster died
My alibi was crying, so I slammed on the brakes to shut ‘er up
Hah
I tried to climb up the hill to look for survivors
Slippin’ in the mud
Wearin’ a candy necklace
A Dalai Lama came runnin’ out, followed by a one-tusked elephant

credits

from Dark Songs Vol. 3, released October 26, 2012
written by Rick Wood, Adrienne Hatkin

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Holiday Music Motel image

Holiday Music Motel Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

A 1952 motel taken over by musicians in 2007 for the purpose of creating and hosting collaborative songwriting events, The Holiday Music Motel is the world's only motel with its own internet radio station that plays 100% self-generated content 24/7.

contact / help

Contact Holiday Music Motel

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Holiday Music Motel, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now