Tom Waits - Cold Water
Mule Variations (1999)
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well I woke up this mornin' with the cold water
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With the cold water, with the cold water
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Woke up this mornin' with the cold water
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With the cold water, with the cold
[Verse 2]
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Well the police at the station and they don't look friendly
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Well they don't look friendly, well they don't look friendly
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Police at the station and they don't look friendly
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Well they don't look friendly, well they don't
[Bridge 1]
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Blind or crippled, sharp or dull
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I'm reading the Bible by a forty watt bulb
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What price freedom, dirt is my rug
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Well I sleep like a baby with the snakes and the bugs
[Verse 3]
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Well the stores are open, but I ain't got no money
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Well I ain't got no money, well I ain't got no money
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Stores are open but I ain't got no money
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Well I ain't got no money, well I ain't
[Verse 4]
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Found an old dog, and he seems to like me
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Seems to like me, well he seems to like me
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Found an old dog and he seems to like me
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Well seems to like me, well he seems
[Bridge 2]
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Seen them fellows with the card board signs
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Scrapin' up a little money to buy a bottle of wine
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Pregnant women and the Vietnam vets I say
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Beggin' on the freeway 'bout as hard as it gets
[Verse 5]
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Well I slept in the graveyard, it was cool and still
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Cool and still, it was cool and still
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Slept in the graveyard, it was cool and still
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Cool and still and it was cool
[Bridge 3]
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Slept all night in the Cedar grove
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I was born to ramble, born to rove
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Some men are searchin' for the Holy Grail
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But there ain't nothin' sweeter than ridin' the rails
[Instrumental]
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[Bridge 4]
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I look forty-seven but I'm twenty-four
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Well they shooed me away from here the time before
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Turned their backs and they locked their doors
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I'm watching TV in the window of a furniture store
[Verse 6]
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And I woke up this mornin' with the cold water
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With the cold water, with the cold water
A A
I woke up this mornin' with the cold water
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With the cold water, with the cold
[Verse 7]
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Oh well I woke up this mornin' with the cold water
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Cold water, with the cold water
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Woke up this mornin' with the cold water
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Cold water, with the cold
[Outro]
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