Tom Waites
Filed under Uncategorized • 24-11-2006 •
If you want to be a writer, listen to Tom Waites. His songs are a masterclass in economy. Take these lines for example:
“Through the bars of a Cuban jail
bloody fingers on a purple knife
a flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass
I’m on the lawn with someone else’s wife*“
*Lyrics Copyright © 1998 Island Records Inc, all rights reserved.
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