Tom Waits - “$“

Listen to the full album: “$“ by Tom Waits from the album ’Blue Valentine’ Lyrics little black girl in a red dress on a hot night with a broken shoe little black girl you shoulda never left home there’s probly someone that’s still waitin up for you it’s cold back in chicago but in los angeles it’s worse when all you got is $ and an alligator purse i see already that vulture in the fleetwood with the shartruse hood can see you’re trying to get your bearings and you say hey which ways the main stem and where ever you say you’re from and he’ll come on and make you feel like you grew up right next door to him and you say take a left on central and he throws it in reverse cause you only got $ and an alligator purse and he’ll come on like a gentleman and you’ll be a little shy you say jour ex old man was a sax player he’ll say baby i used to play bass for sly and you say you like his cadillac, say honey i got 2 or 3 he’ll say sweetheart you’re sure fortunate that you ran into me when you’ve done a dime in the joint you figure nothin could be worse and you got $ in an alligator purse well he got pharaoh on the 8 track you start smokin a little boo you thinkin gettin out of chicago was the best thing that ever happened to you startin to like it already this cat seems to be cool and he says honey i know a good hotel out in west hollywood that’d be just right for you but he ain’t no good samaritan he’ll make sure he’s reimbursed lot more than $ and an alligator purse now the sirens just an epilog the cops here always gel there too late they always stop for coffee on the way to the scene of the crime then they always try so hard to look just like movie stars they couldn’t catch a cold you only wasting your dime and she’s lucky to be alive the doctor whispered to the nurse she only lost a 1/2 pint of blood $ and an alligator purse. Official Site: Official Store: Facebook: Twitter: #tomwaits #bluevalentine