ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Table Top Joe 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 © 1999-2006 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 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="90%" border=2 BGCOLOR="#DEDDD1"> <TR align=middle bgColor=gray><TH><FONT color=#deddd1 size=6> Table Top Joe</FONT><BR><FONT color=#deddd1 size=2>(Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan 1992) </FONT></TH></TR> <TR vAlign=top align=middle><TD width="50%"> <i>I knew one day<br> One, one, two, one, two, three</i><br> <br> Well my mama didn t want me<br> On the day I was born<br> I was born without a body<br> I got nothing but scorn<br> But I always loved music<br> All I had was my hands<br> I dreamed I'd be famous<br> And I d work at The Sands<br> <br> Singing, Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe<br> Now everyone will know<br> That I'm Tabletop Joe<br> <br> I had trouble with the pedals<br> But I had a strong left hand<br> And I could play Stravinsky<br> On a baby grand<br> I said,  I m gonna join the circus<br> Cause that s where I belong <br> So I went to Coney Island<br> I was singing this song<br> <br> Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe<br> Now everyone knows<br> Yeah I'm Tabletop Joe<br> <br> They gave me top billing<br> In the Dreamland show<br> I had my own orchestra<br> Starring Tabletop Joe<br> And the man without a body<br> Proved everyone wrong<br> I was rich and I was famous<br> I was where I belonged, yeah<br> <br> Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe<br> Now everyone knows, yeah<br> Tabletop Joe<br> <br> Take it home boy </TD> </TR> <TR ALIGN="CENTER" BGCOLOR="LIGHTGREY"><TD><A HREF="tabletopjoereviews.htm">Reviews</A> (1)</TD></tr> </TABLE> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript" SRC="../javascript/waitsnav.js"></SCRIPT> </CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>