ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Paradise Alley Lyrics</title><!-- saved from url=(0029)http://www.ripcat.idps.co.uk/ --> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="description" content="Tom Waits Silver Cloud Lounge - Bestowing information about Tom Waits to the musically appreciative populace"> <META NAME="keywords" content="Tom Waits, tom waits, tomwaits, TomWaits, Waits Tom, Silver Cloud Lounge, Closing Time, Heart Of Saturday Night, Small Change, Foreign Affairs, Blue Valentine, Heartattack And Vine, Swordfishtrombones, Raindogs, Franks Wild Years, Bone Machine, Black Rider, Mule Variations, Early Years, One From The Heart, Night On Earth, Beautiful Maladies, Bounced Cheques, Asylum Years, Nighthawks At The Diner, Bigtime, Holly Cole, Chuck E Weiss, Tom, Waits, "> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="notepad"> <META NAME="author" CONTENT= "paul@webmartin.co.uk"> <META NAME="copyright" CONTENT="Copyright © 2002 WebMartin Software Solutions"> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="../graphics/background.jpg" BGCOLOR="#DEDDD1" VLINK="BLUE"> <LINK REL=STYLESHEET TYPE="text/css" HREF="../style.css"> <SCRIPT><!-- defaultStatus = document.title; //--></SCRIPT> <CENTER> <TABLE CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=3 WIDTH="90%" BGCOLOR="#DEDDD1"> <TR ALIGN="CENTER" BGCOLOR="GRAY"> <TH COLSPAN=2> <FONT COLOR="#DEDDD1"> <FONT SIZE="6">(Meet Me In) Paradise Alley - Lyrics</FONT></TH></TR> </FONT> <TR ALIGN="CENTER"> </TABLE> <hr width="90%"> <A NAME="anniesbackintown"></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=2 BORDER=3 WIDTH="90%" BGCOLOR="#DEDDD1"> <TR BGCOLOR="SILVER"><TH COLSPAN="2">(Meet Me In) Paradise Alley<BR>(Waits 1978) <TR ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH="50%"> When the hawk s in the kitchen and the sirens in bloom<br> And the losers have been swept from the gin mills<br> Hello sucker, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year<br> 34th Street good tidings to you<br> <br> And will you meet me in Paradise Alley tonight?<br> We ll leave town in a bottle of whiskey<br> And come on you old scarecrow and be a wheel not a lamppost<br> Just put a saddle on a wishbone and you re halfway there<br> <br> You know the heroes will wait where their dreams used to be<br> Go on and ask the hooligans as they sweep down the midway<br> I m going waltzing tonight with the Statue of Liberty<br> And come on you old lazy-bones let s get out of this place<br> <br> Will you meet me in Paradise Alley tonight?<br> We ll leave town in a bottle of whiskey<br> And come on you old scarecrow and be a wheel not a lamppost<br> Just put a saddle on a wishbone and you re halfway there<br> <br> Now there s a counterfeit moon and I m seeing right through it<br> Cause the dawn spent it all in one place<br> And we ll rise to the top of the morning tonight<br> You can ride on my shoulders and I ll show you the way<br> <br> If you meet me in Paradise Alley tonight<br> We ll leave town in a bottle of whiskey<br> So come on you old scarecrow and be a wheel not a lamppost<br> Just put a saddle on a wishbone and you re halfway there </TD> </TR> <TR ALIGN="CENTER" BGCOLOR="LIGHTGREY"><TD COLSPAN="2"><A HREF="Reviews.htm">Reviews</A></TD> </TABLE> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript" SRC="../javascript/waitsnav.js"></SCRIPT> </CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>