New Tom Waits Lyrics Book Released

Tom Waits. The voice. The performer. One of the only people on the planet I will pay hundreds of dollars to see play and KNOW that it’s money well spent.

Well, the good news is that Harper Collins has just published The Early Years: The Lyrics of Tom Waits 1971-1983, a collection of the first 10 years worth of his lyrics. While you can easily look up any lyrics of Tom’s that you like online, having them all put in a nice little book that you can flip through - jumping between road songs, songs of grief, loss, chocolate confections, old cars, cologne, deals with devil, late nights, drinking, and dancing; why, that’s just too much to pass up now isn’t it?

Ol’ 55
Now the sun’s coming up, I’m riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks,

Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade

Just a-wishing I’d stayed a little longer,

Oh, Lord, let me tell you that the feeling’s getting stronger.

Click the little widget below to view pages from inside the book. It will be fun. I promise.