love story

more tom.

sorry, i just have to get this out of my system.

unfortunately none of these videos are actually videos, they're just the song.

for those of you familiar with tom waits, these are old songs, so the familiar raspy, gravelly voice is not so evident and the songs themselves lack the experimental edginess that lots of people associate with his music. these songs, are just simple song of love and heartbreak.

**update: well, the warner music group (wmg) in their infinite stupidity keeps deleting the originals of these songs. what happens now is obvious: the songs are amazing but countless numbers of people will hear them recorded by artists other than tom, and those are the versions and the artists they will support. wmg is killing their own business by making the music they want to sell so inaccessible that no one will hear it and thus no one will want to purchase it. morons. who knows how long these will stay up. if the link is broken, let me know.**


in the order that i've posted them, they seem to me to tell a story, one that i'm all too familiar with. (covers are noted, otherwise they're originals)



this is a nice cover by hakon l tandberg

Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you
'Cause falling in love just makes me blue,
Well the music plays and you display
your heart for me to see,
I had a beer and now I hear
you calling out for me
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.


Well It's a quarter a two
and looking at you
and going down, going down slow
Well It's a quarter a two
and looking at you
and going down, going down slow


Lazy trip to heaven on the wings of your love
Banana moon is shining in the sky,
Feel like I'm in heaven when you're with me
Know that I'm in heaven when you smile,
Though we're stuck here on the ground, I got something that I've found
And it's you.
And I don't have to take no trip to outer space
All I have to do is look at your face,
And before I know it, I'm in orbit around you
Thanking my lucky stars that I've found you,
When I see your constellation, honey, you're my inspiration, and it's you.

You're my north star when I'm lost and feeling blue,
The sun is breaking through the clouds don't you, don't you know it's true?
Honey, all the other stars seem dim around you
Thanking my lucky stars that I've found you,
When I see your smiling face, honey,
I know nothing ever going to take your place, and it's you.


cover by: bow campbell's bloody hell

Nobody, Nobody
Will ever love you
The way I could love you
Cause nobody, nobody is that strong
Love is bitter sweet
And life's treasures deep
But no one can keep
A love that's gone wrong



The evening fell just like a star
Left a trail behind
You spit as you slammed out the door
If this is love we're crazy
As we fight like cats and dogs
But I just know there's got to be more

So please call me, baby
Wherever you are
It's too cold to be out walking in the streets
We do crazy things when we're wounded
Everyone's a bit insane
I don't want you catching your death of cold
Out walking in the rain

And I admit that I ain't no angel
I admit that I ain't no saint
I'm selfish and I'm cruel but you're blind
If I exorcise my devils
Well my angels may leave too
When they leave they're so hard to find


**jrbaylor on youtube uploaded the previous video. there's lots of great stuff there and he has a link to a youtube account he created that's all tom waits. check it out.**


cover by hakon l tandberg (his link is above, under "hope that i don't fall in love with you")

I'm singing this song, it's time it was sung
I've been putting it off for a while,
But it's harder by now, 'cause the truth is so clear
That I cry when I'm seeing you smile.
So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
And your tears cannot bind me anymore,
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone.
Every time that I tried to tell that we'd lost the magic we had at the start,
I would weep my heart when I looked in your eyes
And I searched once again for the spark.
So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
And your tears cannot bind me anymore,
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone.

I can see by your eyes, it's time now to go
So I'll leave you to cry in the rain,
Though I held in my hand, the key to all joy
Honey my heart was not born to be tamed.
So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
And your tears cannot bind me anymore,
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone.


And yes, I know that our differences pulled us apart
We never spoke a word heart to heart
And I'm glad that you're gone
But I wish to the lord that you'd come home

And I'm glad that you're gone
Got the feeling so strong
And I'm glad that you're gone
But I wish to the lord that you'd come home

the first tom waits i ever heard was in the summer of 1984, in yosemite national park. the guy who lived in the tent next to me was playing "closing time" ...i was so blown away by what i was hearing that i went over and asked him what he was listening to. it's not often that an artist has such an impact one me that i remember the first time i heard them.


as for my love story...i guess it's not over yet.