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Big time (: .胍) --------------------------------------------------------------- © Copyright Tom Waits © Copyright ꈐ 胍, Email: Ignatoff@bigfoot.com mailto:Ignatoff@bigfoot.com Date: 16 Dec 1998  Waitsa. ⒎ -. . --------------------------------------------------------------- TOM WAITS 胍 . . : 胍 ꈐ 䈌, 1969 .., 쎑. : ignatoff@bigfoot.com BIG TIME (video)  * Act 1 *  Frank's wild years (For Frankie Z.) 䈊 (䋟 ) This is story about guy named Frank O'Bryan - '᐀ Well Frank settled down in the Valley , , 䎋 and hung his wild years on a nail that he drove through , his wife's forehead he sold used office furniture out there on San Fernando Road - -􅐍- and assumed a $30,000 loan 30,000$ at 15 1/4 % and put down payment 15 1/4% on a little two bedroom place well, his wife, I don't know, she was a dog, she was a baby, --, , , , , she was a killer, she was a spent piece of used jet trash , made good bloody marys ꐎ 읐 kept her mouth shut most of the time had a little Chihuahua named Carlos ꀐ OK, I love dogs, let it be know, I love dogs! !  , ! The dog. IS A DOG! 񎁀, ! that had some kind of skin disease - , I don't know that it was, they try everything, , , and was totally blind. They had a . thoroughly modern kitchen self-cleaning oven (the whole bit) ( ) Frank drove a little sedan they were so happy  . One night Frank was on his way home from work, stopped at the liquor store, , , picked up a couple Mickey's Big Mouths Mickey's Big Mouths drank 'em in the car on his way to the Shell station, he got a gallon of Shell, gas in a can, drove home, doused everything in the house, torched it, , , parked across the street, laughing,  watching it burn, all Halloween , orange and chimney red then , Frank put on a top forty station - got on the Hollywood Freeway ㎋ 򐀑 headed north  Never could stand that dog 툊 Shore Leave 󂎋  Well with buck shot eyes and a purple heart 獀, I rolled down the national stroll 񊀒 and with a big fat paycheck 񎋈 strapped to my hip sack and a shore leave wristwatch underneath my sleeve in a Hong Kong drizzle on Cuban heels ㎍ ꓁ I rowed down the gutter to the Blood Bank ဍ ꐎ and I'd left all my papers on the Ticonderoga 򈊎 and was in a bad need of a shave and so I slopped at the corner on cold chow mein - and shot billards with a midget until the rain stopped and I bought a long sleeved shirt with horses on the front and some gum and a lighter and a knife , and a new deck of cards (with girls on the back) ( ) and I sat down and wrote a letter to my wife and I said Baby, I'm so far away from home "䅒, and I miss my Baby so I can't make it by myself I love you so " Well I was pacing myself , , , trying to make it all last , squeezing all the life out of a lousy two day pass and I had a cold one at the Dragon 䐀 with some Filipino floor show - 􈋈 and talked baseball with a lieutenant over a Singapore sling and I wondered how the same moon outside over this Chinatown fair - could look down on Illinois 苋 and find you there and you know I love you Baby " , , , and I'm so far away from home and I miss my Baby so I can't make it by myself I love you so " Shore Leave... 󂎋 Shore Leave... 󂎋 Way Down In The Hole  ∇ -  ``Well, I feel we should move right into " , , the religious material.'' . " When you walk through the garden, ꎃ , You've gotta watch your back. ⑅ - Well, I beg you're pardon; ‑ Walk the straight and narrow track. 脟 When you walk with Jesus, ꎃ 舑, He's gonna save your soul. You've got to keep the Devil; 䜟 Well, you've got to keep him , down in the hole. ⍈ He's got the fire, people, , ! he's got the fury at his command. . Oh, you don't have to worry , Hold on to, hold on to... Jesus hand 䅐, ... 舑 we'll all be safe from Satan 񀒀 when the thunder, ꎃ , when the thunder starts to roll. ꎃ . We've got to keep the devil, 䜟 keep him on down 䅐 down in the hole. ⍈ That red horned, lousy, low life, underneath our boots.. , , , , . Praise the Lord. ⎑ ㎑! I don't know what it is. , . Two dollar - that demonmiester 䂀 - -. Three dollar - that prince devil - . Just see if you can come up with a figure , that matches your faith He said, how much has Jesus done for you? , 舑 ‑? And we got to go in, with our hydrolic system, , , and blast him out. . People, can I get an amen? 랄, ? All the angels, pledge God to sing; ⑅ , ㎑; all about Jesus mighty sword. 舑 . And they'll shield you with their wings ‑ People, they'll keep you 랄, ‑ close to the Lord. 🄎 ㎑. Now don't pay heed to temptation, For his hands are so cold. 䋟 You've got to keep the devil, , keep him on down in the hole. 䅐 Down in the hole ⍈ Down in the hole ⍈ Down in the hole ⍈ People, I've got to speak about something... 랄, - Can I get an amen? 쎃 ? Can I get an halaluja? 쎃 ? Praise the lord. ⎑ ㎑. God bless you. ㎑. The Lord is a very very busy man. ᎃ - . I'll do what I can. , . But Jesus is always going for the big picture... 舑 But he's always there to help us out of the little jams too. Down in the hole ⍈ Down in the hole ⍈ Down in the hole ⍈ Keep him down in the hold 䅐 - . You've got to keep the devil down in the hole - You've got to keep the devil down in the hole - Keep him on down in the hole 䅐 - Down...down, down, down mighty devil ⍈... , , I send you down below my boots. , . down, down, filling my live with anger and strife ⍈, , Go down mighty devil. ㎍ . Find a place to live.Down down down... 퀉 . ⍈ ... Hang On St. Christopher 䅐 C-ꐈ Hang on st. christopher through the smoke and the oil 䅐 C-ꐈ Buckle down the rumble seat  let the radiator boil 䂈 got an overhead downshift ꈏ and a two dollar grill got an 85 cabin 䀂 on an 85 hill 85 Hang on st. christopher on the passenger side 䅐 C-ꐈ open it up tonight the devil can ride 񅃎 , hang on st. christopher with a barrel house dog 䅐 C-ꐈ kick me up mt. baldy 숑  throw me out in the fog 񁅉 tear a hole in the jack pot  - drive a stake through his heart 񒀂 do a 100 on the grapevine 񄅋 do a jump on the start hang on st. christopher now don't let me go 䅐 C-ꐈ, get me to reno and bring it in low, yeah  , hang on st. christopher with the hammer to the floor 䅐 C-ꐈ put a hi ball in the crank case 瀋 nail a crow to the door 뀏 get a bottle for the jockey 䋟 gimme a 294 썅 - 294 there's a 750 norton bustin down january's door 񒎈 750 펐 hang on st. christopher on the passenger side 䅐 C-ꐈ open it up tonight the devil can ride 񅃎 , hang on st. christopher now don't let me go 䅐 C-ꐈ, get to me reno got to bring it in low  , put my baby on the flat car / got to burn down the caboose 怐 get 'em all jacked up on whiskey then we'll turn the mad dog loose 򎃄 hang on st. christopher on the passenger side 䅐 C-ꐈ open it up tonight the devil can ride 񅃎 , Telephone Call From Istanbul 򅋅 񒀌 All night long on the broken glass 펗 livin in a medicine chest 񋎂 mediteromanian hotel back  񐅄 sprawled across a roll top desk the monkey rode the blade on an 쀐 overhead fan they paint the donkey blue if you pay I got a telephone call from Istanbul 葒 my baby's coming home today 񅃎 will you sell me one of those if I shave my head - get me out of town is what fireball said  - never trust a man in a blue trench coat ⏐ - never drive a car when you're dead , Saturday's a festival 񓁁 - Oh, now Friday's a gem  - dye your hair yellow 񄅋 and raise your hem follow me to beulah's on 䓉 beulah's dry creek road 䎐 I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed , take me down to buy a tux ⎇ , on red rose bear got to cut a hole in the day I got a telephone call from Istanbul 葒 my baby's coming home today 񅃎 Cold Cold Ground 򀊀  Crest fallen sidekick in an old cafe 󏀂 never slept with a dream before he had to go away , there's a bell in the tower 呒 Uncle Ray bought a round 䟄 don't worry about the army in the cold cold ground now don't be a cry baby , , when there's wood in the shed ꎋ there's a bird in the chimmney and a stone in my bed when the road's washed out 䎐 they pass the bottle around and wait in the arms of the cold cold ground 򀊎 cold cold ground 򀊎 there's a ribbon in the willow  and a tire swing rope and a briar patch of berries takin over the slope the cat'll sleep in the mailbox and we'll never go to town til we bury every dream in  the cold cold ground cold cold ground gimme a Winchester rifle and a whole box of shells 䀉 ∍ blow the roof off the goat barn let it roll down the hill  the piano is firewood 􎐒 - times square is a dream  - I find we'll lay down together in the cold cold ground cold cold ground cold cold ground call the cops on the Breedloves 녃 ᐈ bring a bible and a rope ⎇ and a whole box of rebel 򀁓, ሁ, and a bar of soap make a pile of trunk tires  and burn 'em all down bring a dollar with you baby 񗀑 , , in the cold cold ground cold cold ground take a weathervane rooster throw rocks at his head - stop talking to the neighbors til we all go dead , , beware of my temper ᅐ and the dog that I've found , break all the windows in the cold cold ground cold cold ground  * Act 2 *  Straight To the Top (Vegas)  (⅃) I'm going straight to the top oh yea up where the air is , , fresh and clean I'm going straight up to the top if you know me, you know what I mean 셍 I can't let sorrow try and pull ol' Frankie down 򟍓 live for tomorrow I have found you 戂 , I'm going straight up to the top up where the air is fresh and clean ㄅ i know that I will never stop, oh no , until I know I'm wild and free , - just like a champagne bubble ꀊ pop pop pop , , I'm like those birdies - high up in the trees ⛑ I can't let sorrow pull ol' Frankie down 򟍓 live for tomorrow 戂 I have found you I'm going straight up to the top oh yeah up where the air is , , fresh and clean Strange Weather 񒐀  Will ye take me across the channel London Bridge is falling down Strange a woman tries to save , More than a man will try to drown And its the rain that they predicted , And its the forecast every time , The rose has died because you picked it  And I believe that brandy's mine And all over the world strangers Talk only about the weather 򎋊 All over the world its the same , Its the same! ⑅ ! ⑅ ! And the world is getting flatter And the sky is falling all around 텁 Oh, when nothing is the matter 瀊 For I never cry in town 썅 And a love like ours, my dear 퀘 , Is best measured when its down And I never buy umberellas Because there's always one around 썅 And all over the world strangers Talk only about the weather 򎋊 All over the world its the same , Its the same! ⑅ ! ⑅ ! And you know that its the beginning 獀, And you know that its the end 獀, Once again we are strangers 񒀍 As the fog comes rolling in 눘 And all over the world strangers Talk only about the weather 򎋊 All over the world its the same , Its the same! ⑅ ! ⑅ ! Gun Street Girl 䅂  Falling James in the Tahoe mud  䆝 򀕎 Stick around to tell us all the tale 񎁈 , Well he fell in love with a Gun Street girl And now he's dancing in the Birmingham jail 񅉗 ሐ, Dancing in the Birmingham jail 񅉗 ሐ, He took a hundred dollars off a slaughterhouse Joe 瀁 䆎 Brought a brand new Michigan twenty-gauge 䂀 He got all liquored up on that road house corn , , Blew a hole in the hood of a yellow Corvette ꎐ A hole in the hood of a yellow Corvette 態 ꎐ He bought a second-hand Nova from a Cuban Chinese ꓏ 펂 ꈒ ꓁ And dyed his hair in the bathroom of a Texaco  򅕀 With a pawnshop radio, quarter past four "-" He left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door Ⓤ Left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door Ⓤ I said John, John, he's long gone 䆎, 䆎, Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home 󘅋 荄 - I said John, John, he's long gone 䆎, 䆎, Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home 󘅋 荄 - He's sitting in a sycamore in St. John's wood 񈄈 񅍒-䆎 Soaking day-old bread in kerosene Well he was blue as a robin's egg and brown as a hog ᅋ , He's staying out of circulation 'til the dogs get tired  Out of circulation 'til the dogs get tired  Shadow fixed the toilet with an old trombone 򅍜 He never get up in the morning on a Saturday Sitting by the Erie with a bull-whipped dog 合 Telling everyone he saw, "They went that-a-way, boys" ⑅ ", - " Telling everyone he saw, "They went that-a-way" ⑅ ", - " Now the rain's like gravel on an old tin roof 䎆 And the Burlington Northern pulling out of the world 񅂅 ᅐ Now a head full of bourbon and a dream in the straw  , And a Gun Street girl was the cause of it all ⑅ - A Gun Street girl was the cause of it all ⑅ - Well he's riding in the shadow by the St. Joe ridge , C. 䆎 Hearing the click-clack tapping of a blind man's cane 񋓘 - He was pulling into Baker on a New Year's Eve   펂 ㎄ One eye on a pistol and the other on the door  , One eye on a pistol and the other on the door  , Miss Charlotte took her satchel down to King Fish Row 숑 ꈍ Smuggled in a brand new pair of alligator shoes 戂 With her fireman's raincoat and her long yellow hair Well they tied her to a tree with a skinny millionaire  They tied her to a tree with a skinny millionaire  I said John, John, he's long gone 䆎, 䆎, Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home 󘅋 荄 - I said John, John, he's long gone 䆎, 䆎, Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home 󘅋 荄 - Banging on the table with an old tin cup 񒓊 Sing I'll never kiss a Gun Street girl again 񏎞 "䅂 - " Never kiss a Gun Street girl again 䅂 - I'll never kiss a Gun Street girl again 䅂 - I said John, John, he's long gone 䆎, 䆎, Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home 󘅋 荄 - I said John, John, he's long gone 䆎, 䆎, Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home 󘅋 荄 - Clap Hands  Three, six, nine , , , The goose drank wine ⛏ . The monkey chewed tobacco 񈄈 On the streetcar line . The line broke ∇ - The monkey got choked . And they all went to heaven ⑅ In a little row boat. Clap Clap , ( ) Sane, sane, they're all insane, , , - , fireman's blind, the conductor is lame - , - A Cincinnati jacket and a sad-luck dame 怊 , Hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain 򎐗 Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands , , . Said roar, roar, the thunder and the roar , , , Son of a bitch is never coming back here no more 񓊈 The moon in the window and a bird on the pole 듍 , - We can always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal 숋 Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands , , . Said steam, steam, a hundred bad dreams , , Going up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans  【 A fifty-dollar bill inside a palladin's hat  And nobody's sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at ㄅ 툊, Roar, roar, the thunder and the roar , , , Son of a bitch is never coming back here no more 񓊈 Moon in the window and a bird on the pole 듍 , - Can always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal 숋 Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands , , . I said steam, steam, a hundred bad dreams , , Going up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans  【 A fifty-dollar bill inside a palladin's hat  And nobody's sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at ㄅ 툊, Shine, shine, a Roosevelt dime 񂅐, 𓇂 All the way to Baltimore and running out of time 著 Salvation Army seemed to wind up in the hole 񏀑, -, "" They all went to heaven in a little row boat ⑅ Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands , , . Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands , , . Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands , , . Time ␅ Well the smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street , 듍 And the shadow boys are breaking all the laws ℀ And you're east of East Saint Louis , 񅍒-듈 and the wind is making speeches And the rain sounds like a round of applause And Napoleon is weeping in a carnival saloon 퀏 - His invisible fiancee's in the mirror 僎 And the band is going home,