Fumblin' with the Blues
Tom Waits · Original Album Series [2011]
Friday left me fumblin' with the blues
And it's hard to win when you always lose
Because the nightspots spend your spirit
Beat your head against the wall
Two dead ends and you've still got to choose
You know the bartenders, they all know my name
They catch me when I'm pulling up lame
I'm a pool shootin' shimmy shyster
Shakin' my head
When I should be livin' clean instead
You know the ladies I've been seein' off and on
They spend your love and then they're gone
You can't be loving someone who's selfish and cruel
Take your love and then they leave on out of town
You know they do
Well now falling in love is such a breeze
But it's standin up that's so hard for me
I want to squeeze you but i'm scared to death i'll break your back
You know your perfume
It won't let me be
You know the bartenders, they all know my name
They catch me when I'm pulling up lame
I'm a pool shootin' shimmy shyster
Shakin' my head
When I should be livin' clean instead
Come on baby
Let your love light shine
You gotta bury me inside of your fire
Because your eyes're enough to blind me
You're like looking at the sun
You gotta whisper, tell me I'm the one
Come on and whisper, tell me I'm the one
You gotta whisper, tell me I'm the one
Come on and whisper, tell me I'm the one
And it's hard to win when you always lose
Because the nightspots spend your spirit
Beat your head against the wall
Two dead ends and you've still got to choose
You know the bartenders, they all know my name
They catch me when I'm pulling up lame
I'm a pool shootin' shimmy shyster
Shakin' my head
When I should be livin' clean instead
You know the ladies I've been seein' off and on
They spend your love and then they're gone
You can't be loving someone who's selfish and cruel
Take your love and then they leave on out of town
You know they do
Well now falling in love is such a breeze
But it's standin up that's so hard for me
I want to squeeze you but i'm scared to death i'll break your back
You know your perfume
It won't let me be
You know the bartenders, they all know my name
They catch me when I'm pulling up lame
I'm a pool shootin' shimmy shyster
Shakin' my head
When I should be livin' clean instead
Come on baby
Let your love light shine
You gotta bury me inside of your fire
Because your eyes're enough to blind me
You're like looking at the sun
You gotta whisper, tell me I'm the one
Come on and whisper, tell me I'm the one
You gotta whisper, tell me I'm the one
Come on and whisper, tell me I'm the one