ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>What Else Is New? 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">What Else Is New? - Lyrics</FONT></TH></TR> </FONT> <TR ALIGN="CENTER"> </TABLE> <hr width="90%"> <A NAME="whatelseisnew"></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=2 BORDER=3 WIDTH="90%" BGCOLOR="#DEDDD1"> <TR BGCOLOR="SILVER"><TH COLSPAN="2">What Else Is New?<BR>(Waits 1976) <TR ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH="50%"> Well, your skeletons in the closet are introducing themselves<br> The knick-knacks wisecrack there on the shelf<br> You told him that you loved him, but he s hissing at you<br> What else is new? What else is new? What else is new?<br> <br> Cause your old man s a counterfeit, your daughter s a lush<br> It s you and Mickey Spillane, and the lady s in a ?<br> Someone s stealing your heart, someone s stealing your car<br> What else is new?<br> <br> Well now, your creditors hate you and so do your kids<br> Your footballing sweetheart is down on the skids<br> And now the parks are full of fugitives, the trees are on fire<br> What else is new? What else is new?<br> <br> Now you see the cigarette machines are busted, you can t get no change<br> And somebody cancels everything you arrange<br> For every invitation gets your RSVP<br> What else is new? What else is new? What else is new? what else is new?<br> <br> Well now, the rocking chair s busted, your ashtrays are full<br> Your evenings and your afternoons are usually dull<br> So you toast to the Toastmaster toaster and you<br> What else is new? What else is new? What else is new? What else is new?<br> <br> You gotta tell me, what else is new?<br> What else is new?<br> What else is new? What else is new? What else is new?<br> What else is new? </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>