Whistlin Past The Graveyard - Lyrics

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Whistlin Past The Graveyard (Alt Master) (Tom Waits 1978)
I come in on a night train With an arm full of box cars On the wings of a magpie Cross a hooligan night I busted up a chifforobe Way out by the cocomo Cooked up a mess a mulligan And got into a fight Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin' on a crack A mean motherhubbard Papa one eyed jack You probably seen me sleepin' Out by the railroad tracks Go on and ask the prince of darkness What about all that smoke Come from the stack Sometimes I kill myself a jackel Suck out all the blood Steal myself a stationwagon Drivin' through the mud Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin' on a crack I'm mean motherhubbard Papa one eyed jack I know you seen my headlights And the honkin' of my horn I'm callin' out my bloodhounds Chase the devil through the corn Last night I chugged the Mississippi Now that suckers dry as a bone I'm Born in a taxi cab I'm never goin' home Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin' on a crack I'm mean motherhubbard papa one eyed jack My eyes have seen the glory Of the drainin' of the ditch I only come to baton rouge To find myself a witch I'm-ona snatch me up a Couple of em every time it rains You see a locomotive Probably thinkin' its a train Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin' on a crack I'm a mean motherhubbard papa one eyed jack What you think is the sunshine Is just a twinkle in my eye That ring around my finger Called the 4th of july I'm gonna tear me off a rainbow And wear it for a tie I never told the truth So I can never tell a lie Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin' on a crack I'm a mean motherhubbard papa one eyed jack
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