What's He Building?

Tom Waits is a genius.
Vic and Pat got stoned.
It was like a dream.
I can't even blink.
What a night.
Sounds sound so good.
Boom Boom Bombaka.
Thoughts so clear.


Tom Waits
song: I'm Big in Japan
album: Mule Variations





I got the style but not the grace
I got the clothes but not the face
I got the bread but not the butter
I got the winda but not the shutter
But I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan But heh I'm big in Japan
I got the house but not the deed
I got the horn but not the reed
I got the cards but not the luck
I got the wheel but not the truck
But heh I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan
I got the moon I got the cheese I got the whole damn nation
On its knees I got the rooster I got the crow
I got the ebb I got the flow
I got the powder but not the gun
I got the dog but not the bun
I got the clouds but not the sky
I got the stripes but not the tie
But heh I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan
Heh ho they love the way I do it
Heh ho there's really nothing to it
I got the moon I got the cheese
I got the whole damn nation on their knees
I got the rooster I got the crow
I got the ebb I got the flow
I got the sizzle but not the steak
I got the boat but not the lake
I got the sheets but not the bed
I got the jam but not the bread
But heh I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan
I'm big in Japan, I'm big in Japan


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sidenote:


"bits and parts of the song
I changed some words

all we care about is bananas
talking only me and you and vic.

usually when things has gone this far
people tend to disappear
no one would surprise me unless you do

it doesn't matter what we do
where we are going to
we can stick around and see this night through"


Patrick Chang [May.22.2k9]