Tom Waits "Lucinda" |
They call me William the Pleaser I sold opium, fireworks and lead Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers When the shadows get long I'll be dead Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar Skin as white as a cuttlefish bone I left Texas to follow Lucinda Now I'll never see heaven nor home I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars Like a kid who captures a firefly And leaves it to die in the jar As I kick at the clouds at my hanging As I swing out over the crowd I was searching the faces for Lucinda's And she'll go off with me down into hell I thought I broke loose of Lucinda Rain returned and so did the wind I cast this burden upon the god that's within me And leave this ol' world and go free The devil dances inside of your pockets But she didn't want my little pearls That wasn't enough for Lucinda She wasn't that kind of girl Now I've fallen from grace for Lucinda Whoever thought that hell'd be so cold I did well for an old tin can sailor But she wanted the bell in my soul I spoke in the garden on the mountain I swam in the Irish sea I ate fire and drank from the Ganges And I begged hell for mercy on me I thought I broke loose of Lucinda Rain returned and so did the wind I was standing outside the White Horse And I was afraid to go in I heard someone pull the trigger Her breasts heaved in the moonlight again There was a smear of gold on the window And then I was the jew of her sin They call me William the Pleaser I sold opium, fireworks and lead Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers When the shadows get long I'll be dead Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar Skin as white as a cuttlefish bone I left Texas to follow Lucinda Now I'll never see heaven nor home No I'll never see heaven nor home No I'll never see heaven nor home Lyric from www.lyricmania.com |