Tom Waits - Live Circus Lyrics
We put up our tent on a darkGreen knoll, outside of town byThe train tracks and a seagull dumpTopping the bill was Horse Face EthelAnd her Marvelous Pigs in satinWe pounded our steaks in the groundAll powder brownAnd the branches spread like scaryFingers reaching - weWere in a pasture in KankakeeAnd one eyed Myra, the queen ofThe galley who trained theOstrich and the camelsShe looked at me squinty with herOne good eye in a Roy OrbisonT-shirt as she bottle fedAn Orangutan namedTripod and then there wasYodeling Elaine theQueen of the air who wore aDollar sign medallion and sheHad a tiny bubble of spittleAround her nostril and aLittle rusty tear, for she hadLassoed and lost anotherTipsy sailor and over inThe burnt yellow tentBy the frozen tractor, theMusic was like electric sugarAnd Zuzu Bolin played"Stavin' Chain" and MightyTiny on the saw and heThrew his head back with aMouth full of gold teethAnd they played lopsided heartAnd moon over Dog Street andBy the time they played Moanin LowI was soakin wet and wild eyedAnd Doctor Bliss slipped me aPreparation and I fell asleep withLivery Stable Blues in my earAnd me and Molly Hoey drankPruno and Koolaid she had aTattoo gun made out of a cassetteMotor and a guitar string andShe soaked a hanky in 3 rosesAnd rubbed it on the spotAnd she drew a rickety heart andA bent arrow and it hurt like hellAnd Funeral Wells spunPoodle Murphy on the targetAs he threw his hardware, onlyOnce in Sheboygan did he missAt a matinee on Diamond Pier andShe'd never let him forget itThey were doing two shows and sheHad a high fever and he tookOff a piece of her ear andTip Little told her she shouldLeave the bum butPoodle said, "he fetched meLast time I run" and I'dLike to hammer this ring intoA bullet and I wish IHad some whiskey and a gunMy dear, I wish I had someWhiskey and a gun my dear
