Tom Waits - Martha Lyrics
Operator, number, please:Its been so many yearsWill she remember my old voiceWhile I fight the tears?Hello, hello there, is this martha?This is old tom frost,And I am calling long distance,Dont worry bout the cost.cause its been forty years or more,Now martha please recall,Meet me out for coffee,Where well talk about it all.And those were the days of roses,Poetry and prose and marthaAll I had was you and all you had was me.There was no tomorrows,Wed packed away our sorrowsAnd we saved them for a rainy day.And I feel so much older now,And youre much older too,Hows your husband?And hows the kids?You know that I got married too?Lucky that you found someoneTo make you feel secure,cause we were all so young and foolish,Now we are mature.And those were the days of roses,Poetry and prose and marthaAll I had was you and all you had was me.There was no tomorrows,Wed packed away our sorrowsAnd we saved them for a rainy day.And I was always so impulsive,I guess that I still am,And all that really mattered thenWas that I was a man.I guess that our being togetherWas never meant to be.And martha, martha,I love you cant you see?And those were the days of roses,Poetry and prose and marthaAll I had was you and all you had was me.There was no tomorrows,Wed packed away our sorrowsAnd we saved them for a rainy day.And I remember quiet eveningsTrembling close to you...
