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When the weather's rough and it's whiskey in the rain it's best to wrap your savior up in cellophane. (Tom Waits)
Most vagabonds i knowed don't ever want to find the culprit that remains the object of their long relentless quest. The obsession's in the chasing and not the apprehending, the pursuit you see and never the arrest" - Tom Waits "Foreign Affairs. View quote
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Your old home town's so far away, but inside your head there's a record that's playing, a song called 'Hold On. View quote
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slept all night in the cedar grove, i was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin' for the holy grail, but there ain't nothin' sweeter than ridin' the rails. View quote
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The ship is sinking The ship is sinking There's leak, there's a leak, in the boiler room The poor, the lame, the blind Who ore the ones that we kept in charge Killers, thieves, and lawyers God's Away, God's away God's away on Business. View quote
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What's he building in there? We have a right to know. View quote
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Some men are searching for the Holy Grail, but there ain't nothing sweeter than riding the rail. View quote
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And sometime around 2 AM you end up taking advantage of yourself. Ain't no way around that. Making a scene with a magazine. View quote
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And their mouths are cut like razor blades, and their eyes are like stilettos, and her radiator's steaming and her teeth are in a wreck, she won't let you kiss her, but what in the hell do you expect? View quote
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For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take them apart and see what they're made of, and wonder if you can make one, too. View quote
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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. (Tom Waits)
I've lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride. View quote
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I've been riding on the crest of a slump lately. View quote
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And the things you can't remember tell the things you can forget, that history puts a saint in every dream. View quote
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Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire. View quote
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We are all just monkeys with money and guns. View quote
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The Universe is making music all the time. View quote
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream. View quote
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The beginning of it starts at the end. View quote
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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. It cheapens and degrades the human experience, when it should inspire and elevate. View quote
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You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her. (Tom Waits)
Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don't get out much. It's true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well. View quote
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Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart. View quote
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and the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming... View quote
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I've seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train... View quote
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