Tom Waits - 'Little Drop Of Poison'

"Little Drop Of Poison" by Tom Waits from the album 'Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards'

Lyrics

I like my town with a little drop of poison
nobody knows they're lining up to go insane
I'm all alone I smoke my friends down to the filter
but I feel much cleaner after it rains

she left in the fall that's her picture on the wall
she always had that little drop of poison

did the devil make the world while god was sleeping
you'll never get a wish from a bone
another long goodbye and a hundred sailors
that deep blue sky is my home

she left in the fall that's her picture on the wall
she always had that little drop of poison

well the rat always knows when he's in with weasels
here you loose a little every day
well I remember when a million was a million
they all have ways to make you pay

she left in the fall that's her picture on the wall
she always had that little drop of poison
she left in the fall that's her picture on the wall
she always had that little drop of poison

#tomwaits #orphans

[enzopires]

I just imagine a bunch of villains drinking in some kind of pub. Thanks a lot, Shrek 2.

[RexfromIslaNublar]

0:16 I can’t picture anything else but Captain Hook playing the piano

[ericsimpson]

I remember when a million was a million

Tom is worth every penny

[Foxbosun]

My mom used to put this song on all the time when I was young. We started listening to it again and it’s even better than I remembered!

[justinhansen]

This was and still is my drinking song

[josephmoss]

Waits is a poet! His music is great! " bye, bye baby, I'll stick w ya till the money runs out"

[chosenone]

Thia songs got a kind of spooky vibe to it and I'm 21 and now finding this song from watching shrek!

[funnyhappystudios]

“Hey buddy, let me clue you in. There’s only one fella who can handle a job like that, and - frankly - he don’t like to be disturbed.”

[TestUser-cfwj]

It breaks my heart that Tom and David Lynch never did a colaboration. Somewhere in a dark and tortured corner of my mind, the two of them make broken furniture for misshapen men.

[throwcup]

Tom, I talked to you in town today and all I could think was "I like my town with a little drop of poison" I'm your biggest fan

[johngulliver]

You will never get a wish from a bone.

[User]

It's after 1:00 am I'm having some brews. This is a nice nightcap. I hope the people you're with are warm and your beers are cold.

[LeeSmall-nb]

You know it's coming. Time and age you know what has to happen but you still don't feel like you are ready

[predictablezombie]

This guy was our childhood and we have just figured it out

[JohnDuffy-ukuu]

I don't know how any being claiming human as a descriptor can not find this majestic.

[fabriziogoina]

La canzone che mi ha fatto prendere l'album !!!!

[ceoofcringe]

THE BEST SONG I'VE EVER HEARD I HEARD IT IN SHREK 2

[plotted_pant]

playing this by ear is so damn difficult. tried to figure it out so many times

[Krasnov-KGB]

"A rat always knows when he's in with weasels".

[j-ymoney]

I listen to this song when I wanna emotional boost, I hear it and I am happy :)