Friday, March 20, 2020

The Earth Died Screaming by Tom Waits

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 airplanes
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 nothin' 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

WELL DUDE... I THINK MAYBE YOU NEED TO RETHINK WHAT YOU SAY IN A LOVE SONG.... JUST SAYIN...

1 comment:

Aaron said...

You have to be in the right mood for this kind of Tom waits. He has a lot of beautiful songs and a lot of totally bizarre shit. But the one constant is his amazing voice. Picture in a frame is one of my all time favorite songs. This one is just flat out hard to listen to. But I imagine it would be a fun song to perform. Especially if you were stressed out. Could feel good one constant is his amazing voice. Picture in a frame is one of my all time favorite songs. This one is just flat out hard to listen to. But I imagine it would be a fun song to perform. Especially if you were stressed out. Could feel good