been very busy with Fawm 50/90/ here's one from that growing collection :)
Cooking With Tom Waits
words Tina Marshall
music TwH
vocal rittmo'
The sailor's on the skids
with the butter in his pocket
& the hooker's up from Harlem
with the treacle in a locket
& the flours in the limo
with the alligator shoes
& Fred Astaire left ginger
when they got the bad reviews,
with a switchblade & the bicarb
& a picture of St Paul
the Cubans got my sugar
cooking Spanish down the hall
& theres a queue for tables
at the Pearly Gates
so the Devils got his oven on
& he's ordering more plates
& the eggs are getting beaten
by the Mob on 52nd
but thats another recipe
for another day I reckon
& the night wears a black pinney
with stars embroidered on the hem
& the judge is in the kitchen
making ginger bread men
“little man you didnt sing
& the mobsters werent sent down
im gonna give you 15 minutes
in the hottest jail in town”
© tina marshall 2012