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Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxVo5mjK4eg Hey Charlie I'm pregnant and living on 9th Street, right above a dirty bookstore off Euclid Avenue. And I stopped taking dope and I quit drinking whiskey, and my old man plays the trombone and works out at the track. He says that he loves me even though it's not his baby. He says that he'll raise him up like he would his own son. And he gave me a ring, that was worn by his mother, and he takes me out dancing every Saturday night. And hey Charlie I think about you every time I pass a filling station, on account of all the grease you used to wear in your hair. And I still have that record of Little Anthony and the Imperials, but someone stole my record player, now how do you like that? Hey Charlie I almost went crazy after Mario got busted. I went back to Omaha to live with my folks. But everyone I used to know was either dead or in prison, so I came back to Minneapolis, this time I think I'm gonna stay. Hey Charlie I think I'm happy for the first time since my accident. And I wish I had all the money we used to spend on dope. I'd buy me a used car lot and I wouldn't sell any of 'em. I'd just drive a different car every day, depending on how I feel. Hey Charlie for christsakes if you want to know the truth of it, I don't have a husband, he don't play the trombone. I need to borrow money to pay this lawyer. And Charlie hey, I'll be eligible for parole come Valentine's Day. |
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Time of the Season
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MWHFrXiq-Y Christmas Eve the lights went out That don’t really help the situation She grabbed his coat and kicked him out Some angel had been praying for salvation Cats don’t believe in Santa Claus, spayed And declawed It’s not me you’re deceiving And peace and love is all around At this time of the season You knew I’d been with dirty dogs and kissed Some frogs You knew how I was feeling Underneath the mistletoe and stars you know you Set my senses reeling In your embrace I found my place Outside it’s freezing I will love you most of all At this time of the season I tracked you down to London town Met you at the station Kings Cross by the east coast line Wanted to explain the situation Duty calls with ties that bind I know you have your reasons We all do what we have to do At this time of the season I dreamed of you in Birmingham We had no plan That’s what really made it That Christmas song by Boney M The deejay at the local station played it You took a job in Zanzibar I did my Christmas shopping I thought about you all the way On my Atlantic crossing Spoke with you in Amsterdam Said if we stand a chance, we should take it The red lights and the coffee stands Said if we’re feeling love then we should make it Like a child I gave my heart Now why do you have to break it? If there’s sense inside that head of yours Well now’s the time to wake it Baby in a manger cries And men who’re wise Well seeing is believing No pantomime No alibi The joker in the pack is always dealing If loving someone is a crime Then strike me down Within the spell I’m weaving And pair me with the circus clown At this time of the season |
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