I saw a crow building a nest, I was watching him very carefully, I was kind of stalking him and he was aware of it. And you know what they do when they become aware of someone stalking them when they build a nest, which is a very vulnerable place to be? They build a decoy nest. It's just for you.
Tom WaitsNow its raining its pouring the old man is snoring now I lay me down to sleep I hear the sirens in the street all my dreams are made of chrome I have no way to get back home Iโd rather die before I wake like Marilyn Monroe and throw my dreams out in the street and the rain make โem grow
Tom WaitsIf you walk with Jesus, he's gonna save your soul. You gotta keep the devil way down in the hole. He's got the fire and the fury at his command.
Tom WaitsThe sight of the first woman in the minimal two-piece was as explosive as the detonation of the atomic bomb by the U.S. at Bikini Island in the Marshall Isles, hence the naming of the bikini.
Tom WaitsThe average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
Tom WaitsIโve always been a word guy, I like weird words and I like American slang and all that and words that are no longer being usedโฆ I like to drag them out of the box and wave them aroundโฆ this is an interesting one, itโs amazing how in addition to punctuation just a little pause in the wrong place can just completely transform the meaning of something.
Tom Waits