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Artist/Band: Tom Waits
Lyrics for Song: Jitterbug Boy
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Tom Waits



Well, I'm a jitterbug boy by the shoe-shine

Resting on my laurels and my Hardy's too

Life of Riley on a swing shift gears follow my drift

Once upon a time I was in show-biz too



I seen the Brooklyn Dodgers playin' at Eb bets Field

Seen the Kentucky Derby too

It's fast women, slow horses, I'm reliable sources

And I'm holding up a lamp post if you want to know



I seen the Wabash Cannonball, buddy, I've done it all

Because I slept with the lions and Marilyn Monroe

Had breakfast in the eye of a hurricane

Fought Rocky Marciano, played Minnesota Fats



Burned hundred-dollar bills, I eaten Mulligan stew

And got drunk with Louis Armstrong what's that old song?

I taught Mickey Mantle everything that he knows



And so you ask me what I'm doing here holding up a lamp post

Flippin' this quarter trying to make up my mind

And if it's heads I'll go to Tennessee, and tails I'll buy a drink

If it lands on the edge I'll keep talking to you


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Tom Waits


Tom Waits
"Other Songs - Tom Waits"


1. ...But There's Never A Rose
2. (opening Intro)
3. 16 Shells From A 30.06
4. Alice
5. Back In The Good Old World
6. Barcarolle
7. Broken Bicycles
8. Candy Apple Red
9. Chained Together For Life
10. Diamonds & Gold
11. Eggs & Sausage
12. Everything You Can Think
13. Filipino Box Spring Hog
14. Fish And Bird
15. Flower's Grave
16. Frank's Theme
17. Hang Me In The Bottle
18. I Beg Your Pardon
19. I'm Still Here
20. Innocent When You Dream
21. Is There Any Way Out Of This Dream
22. Jitterbug Boy
23. Kentucky Anvenue
24. Kommienezuepadt
25. Little Boy Blue
26. Los Angeles Mood
27. Lost In The Harbour
28. Medley: Jack & Neal/california, Here I Come
29. Midnight Lullabye
30. Mr. Henry
31. Nighthawk Postcards
32. No One Knows I'm Gone
33. Old Boyfriends
34. On The Other Side Of The World
35. Once Upon A Town/empty Pockets
36. Pasties And A G-String
37. Picking Up After You
38. Poor Edward
39. Reeperbahn
40. Spare Parts I
41. Starving in the Belly of a Whale
42. Straight To The Top (Rhumba)
43. Swordfishtrombones
44. Table Top Joe
45. Take It With Me
46. Take Me Home
47. The Wages Of Love
48. This One's From The Heart
49. Watch Her Disappear
50. We're All Mad Here
51. Whislin Past The Graveyard
52. You Can't Unring A Bell
53. Two Sisters
54. Young At Heart