[Tom Waits]
Well I grew up here
All of my life
But I dreamed some day I'd go
Where the brown-eyed girls
And the red guitars
And naked rivers flow.
Now I'm not all
I thought I'd be
I always stayed around.
I've been as far
As Mercy and Grand
Frozen to the ground.
Now I can't stay here
And I am scared to leave
Just kiss me once and then
I'll go to hell
I might as well
Be whistlin' down the wind.
The bus is at the corner
The clock's on the wall
Broken down windmill
There's no wind at all.
I've yelled and I've cursed
If I stay here I'll rust
I'm stuck like a shipwreck
Out there in the dust.
The sky is red
And the world is on fire
And the corn is taller than me.
The dog is tied
To a wagon of rain
And the road is as wet as the sea.
And sometimes the music
From a dance
Will carry across the plains
And the places
That I am dreaming of
Do they dream only of me?
There are places
Where they never sleep
Where the circus never ends.
So I will take
The Marley Bone Coach
And whistle down the wind.
So I will take
The Marley Bone Coach
And whistle down the wind.