Tom Traubert's Blues

Wasted and wounded

And it ain't what the moon did

I got what I paid for now

See you tomorrow

Hey Frank, can I borrow

A couple of bucks from you to go

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

You'll go waltzing Matilda with me



I'm an innocent victim

Of a blinded alley

And I'm tired of all these soldiers here

No one speaks English

And everything is broken

And my strength is soaking away to go

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

You'll go waltzing Matilda with me



Now the dogs they are barking

And the taxi cab's parking

A lot they can do for me

I begged you to stab me

You tore my shirt open

And I'm down on my knees tonight



Old bushills I staggered

You buried the dagger

Your silhouette window light, to go

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

You'll go waltzing Matilda with me



Now I've lost my St. Christopher

Now that I kissed her

And the one-armed bandit knows

And the maverick Chinaman

With the cold-blooded smile

And the girls down by the striptease shows go

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

You'll go waltzing Matilda with me



No, I don't want your sympathy

Fugitives say

That the streets ain't for dreaming now

Manslaughter dragnet

And the ghost that sells memories

Want a piece of the action anyhow, go

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

You'll go waltzing Matilda with me



And you can ask any sailor

And the keys from the jailor

And the old men in wheelchairs know

That Matilda's the defendant

She killed about a hundred

And she follows wherever you go

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

You'll go waltzing Matilda with me



And it's a battered old suitcase

In a hotel someplace

And a wound that would never heal

No prima donnas, the perfume is on

An old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey

And goodnight to the street-sweepers

The night watchmen, flame-keepers

And goodnight, Matilda, too

Goodnight Matilda, too