Which Tom Waits songs are these lyrics from? - quiz

McKenzie

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Fri Mar-04-05 03:57 PM
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Which Tom Waits songs are these lyrics from? - quiz

1. "It's raining hammers, it's raining nails"

2. "And a moon that's the color of bone"

3. "And a new deck of cards with girls on the back"

4. "Independent as a hog on ice"

5. "And the cat'll sleep in the mailbox and we'll never go to town"

6. "And you comb your hair, shave your face, trying to wipe away every trace"

7. "Got no time for the corner boys, down in the street making all that noise"

8. "I talked baseball with a Lieutenant over a Singapore Sling"

9. "I'm lost in the window and I hide in the stairway and I hang in the curtains"

10. "They're alive, they're awake while the rest of the world is asleep"

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stinkeefresh

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Fri Mar-04-05 04:03 PM
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1. the titles will likely escape me...

but:

1: Time

4: That one about all the uncles on "Rain Dogs". I knew this would happen.

6: Heart of Saturday Night

9: That talkin' song from Rain Dogs- the one about seeing it all through the yellow windows of the train... the bartender has a tatooed tear... one for every year he's away, she says... Damn- no idea what the title is.

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Atlas Mugged

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Fri Mar-04-05 04:05 PM
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2. 2. 'November'

I love that song.

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Melodybe

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Fri Mar-04-05 04:08 PM
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3. No mention of the Piano's drinking problem?

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Spider Jerusalem

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Fri Mar-04-05 04:08 PM
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4. Okay...

1. Time

2. November

3. Shore Leave

4. Cemetery Polka

5. Cold, Cold Ground

6. The Heart of Saturday Night

7. Jersey Girl

8. Shore Leave (again)

9. 9th & Hennepin (where all the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes)

10. Underground

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derby378

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Fri Mar-04-05 04:12 PM
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5. 3. Shore Leave (Swordfishtrombones) (n/t)

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On the Road

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Fri Mar-04-05 04:13 PM
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6. 7. Jersey Girl

That's the only one I recognize. But you obviously have an encyclopedic knowledge.

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