E———2——1——0——0——-|
B———2——1——0——3——-|
G———3——2——1——1——-|
D———2——1——0——0——-|
A———4——3——2——2——-|
E———2——1——0——0——-|

INTRO:
(–quickly—)

Well, you hate those diesels rollin’
And those Friday nights out bowlin'
When he’s off for a twelve hour lay overnight

You wish you had a dollar
For every time he hollered that he’s
Leaving and he’s never comin’ back

But the curtain laced below
And his hands on your pillow
And his trousers are hangin’ on the chair

You’re lyin’ through your pain, babe
But you’re gonna tell him he’s your man
And you ain’t got the courage to leave

He tells you that you’re on his mind
You’re the only one he’s ever gonna find
It’s kind-a special, understands his complicated soul

But the only place a man can breathe
And collect his thoughts is
Midnight and flyin’ away on the road

But you’ve packed and unpacked
So many times you’ve lost track
And the steam heat is drippin’ off the walls

But when you hear his engines
You’re lookin’ through the window in the kitchen and you know
You’re always gonna be there when he calls
‘Cause he’s a truck drivin’ man,
Stoppin’ when he can
He’s a truck drivin’ man, stoppin’ when he can

INTRO:

I’m leaving my family leaving all my friends
My body’s at home but my hearts in the wind
Where the clouds are like headlines on a new front page sky
My tears are salt water and the moons full and high

And I know Martin Eden’s gonna be proud of me
Many before me have been drawn by the sea
To be up in the crow’s nest singing my say
Shiver me Timbers as I’m sailing away

CHORUS:

Now the fog’s lifting and the sand’s shifting
I’m drifting on out
Old captain Ahab he ain’t got nothing on me
So swallow me , follow me
I’m travelling alone
Blue waters my daughter I’m gonna skip like a stone

So please call my misses tell her not to cry
Cause my goodbye is written by the moon in the sky
Nobody knows me I can’t fathom my stayin’
Shiver me timbers as I’m sailing away

(CHORUS)

I’m leaving my family leaving all my friends
My body’s at home but my hearts in the wind
Where the clouds are like headlines on a new front page sky
Shiver me timbers as I’m sailing away

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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 19:21:15 +0200
From: Morten Sickel
Subject: Fumblin’ with the blues, Tom Waits

Friday left me fumblin’ with the blues
And it’s hard to win when you always lose
Because the nightspots spend your spirit
beat your head against the wall
two dead-ends you still got to choose

You know the bartenders they all know my name
and they catch me when I’m pulling up lame
and I’m a pool-shooting-shimmy-shyester shaking my head
when I should be living clean in stead

You know the ladies I’ve been seeing off and on
well they spend your love then they’re gone
you can’t be loving someone who is savage and cruel
Take your love and then they leave on out of town
No they do

When I’m falling in love, It’s such a breeze
but it’s standing up that’s so hard for me
I wanna sqeeze you but I’m scared to death I’ll break your back instead
You know your perfume, well it won’t let me be

You know the bartenders they all know my name
and they’ll catch me when I’m pulling up lame
and I’m a pool-shooting-shimmy-shyster shaking my head
when I should be living clean in stead

so come on baby, let your love light shine
gotta bury me inside of your fire
cause your eyes are enough to blind me
you’re like a-looking at the sun
you gotta whisper tell me I’m the one
come on and whisper tell me I’m the one
gotta whisper tell me I’m the one
come on and whisper tell me I’m the one
# Morten.Sickel@nrpa.no
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