Tom Waits - Jitterbug Boys Lyrics

Tom Waits Lyrics

"Jitterbug Boys"

Well, I'm a jitterbug boy by the shoeshine
Resting on my laurels and my Hardy's too
Life of Riley on the swing shift, girls follow my drift
Once upon a time I was in showbiz too

I seen the Brooklyn Dodgers playin' at Ebbets Field
Seen the Kentucky Derby too
It's fast women, slow horses, unreliable sources
And I'm holding up a lamppost, if you wanna know

I seen the Wabash Cannonball, buddy, I've done it all
Because I slept with the lions and Marilyn Monroe
Had breakfast in the eye of a hurricane
Fought Rocky Marciano, played Minnesota Fats
Burned hundred dollar bills, I eaten Mulligan stew
Got drunk with Louis Armstrong, what's that old song?
I taught Mickey Mantle everything that he knows

So you'll ask me what I'm doin' here holdin' up a lamppost
Flippin' this quarter, tryin' to make up my mind
If it's heads, I'll go to Tennessee, tails, I'll buy a drink
If it lands on the edge, I'll keep talkin' to you

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Writer(s): Thomas Alan Waits

album: "Small Change" (1976)

Tom Traubert's Blues

Step Right Up

Jitterbug Boys

I Wish I Was In New Orleans (In The Ninth Ward)

The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)

Invitation To The Blues

Pasties And A G-String (At The Two O'Clock Club)

Bad Liver And A Broken Heart (In Lowell)

The One That Got Away

Small Change (Got Rained On With His Own .38)

I Can't Wait To Get Off Work (And See My Baby On Montgomery Avenue)

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