Tom Waits for No Man
David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Ok, this idea just struck me a few hours ago, and it strikes me as a good topic for my first GeekList.
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Frank's Wild Years
“Frank settled down in the Valley,
and he hung his wild years on a
nail that he drove through his
wife's forehead.”
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Board Game: Strip
[Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]
David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Pasties and a G-String
"Pasties and a G-string, beer and a shot
Portland through a shot glass and a Buffalo squeeze"
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Innocent When You Dream
"It's such a sad old feeling
the fields are soft and green
it's memories that I'm stelaing
but you're innocent when you dream
when you dream
you're innocent when you dream"
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Hang On, St. Christopher
"hang on st. christopher now don't let me go
get me to reno and bring it in low, yeah
hang on st. christopher with the hammer to the floor
put a hi ball in the crank case
nail a crow to the door"
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Temptation
"Dutch pink and Italian blue
she is waiting there for you
my will has disappeared
now my confusions oh so clear
temptation, temptation, temptation
whoa, whoa, temptation, temptation
I can't reisist"
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Clap Hands
"Sane, sane, they’re all insane,
Fireman’s blind, the conductor is lame
A cincinnati jacket and a sad-luck dame
Hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain
Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands"
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Board Game: Jockey
[Average Rating:6.35 Overall Rank:2426]
David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Jockey Full of Bourbon
"Sixteen men on a dead man’s chest
And I’ve been drinking from a broken cup
Two pairs of pants and a mohair vest
I’m full of bourbon, I can’t stand up"
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Singapore
"We sail tonight for singapore,
We’re all as mad as hatters here
I’ve fallen for a tawny moor,
Took off to the land of nod
Drank with all the chinamen,
Walked the sewers of paris
I danced along a colored wind,
Dangled from a rope of sand
You must say goodbye to me"
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Way Down In the Hole
"All the angels sing about Jesus' mighty sword
and they'll shield you with their wings
and keep you close to the lord
don't pay heed to temptation
for his hands are so cold
you gotta help me keep the devil
way down in the hole"
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Downtown Train
"Will I see you tonight
On a downtown train
All of my dreams just fall like rain
All upon a downtown train"
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six
"I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six
whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six"
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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I Don't Wanna Grow Up
"Stay around in my old hometown
I don’t wanna put no money down
I don’t wanna get me a big old loan
Work them fingers to the bone
I don’t wanna float a broom
Fall in love and get married then boom
How the hell did I get here so soon
I don’t wanna grow up"
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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I'm Going Straight To the Top
"I'm going straight to the top
oh yea up where the air is
fresh and clean
I'm going straight up to the top
if you know me, you know what I mean"
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Big Joe And Phantom 309
"...there at that cold
lonely crossroads, well they say it
was the end of the line for
Big Joe and Phantom 309, but it's
funny you know, cause every now and then
yea every now and then, when the
moon's holdin' water, they say old Joe
will stop and give you a ride, and
just like you, some hitchhiker will be
comin' by"
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Board Game: Tango
[Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]
David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Tango Till They're Sore
"they drive along the pipeline
They tango till they're sore
They take apart their nightmares
And they leave them by the door."
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Walking Spanish
"Tomorrow morning there’ll be laundry
But he’ll be somewhere else to hear the call
Don’t say goodbye, he’s just leaving early
He’s walking spanish down the hall"
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Board Game: 15 Love
[Average Rating:3.50 Unranked]
David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Blind Love
"Must be blind love, only kind of love is stone blind love
Blind love, the only kind of love is stone blind love
With your blind love, oh it's blind love, stone blind love
It's your stone blind love"
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Telephone Call From Istanbul
"All night long on the broken glass
livin in a medicine chest
mediteromanian hotel back
sprawled across a roll top desk
the monkey rode the blade on an overhead fan
they paint the donkey blue if you pay
I got a telephone call from Istanbul
my baby's coming home today"
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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The Piano Has Been Drinking
"The piano has been drinking, my necktie is asleep
And the combo went back to new york, the jukebox has to take a leak
And the carpet needs a haircut, and the spotlight looks like a prison break
And the telephone’s out of cigarettes, and the balcony is on the make"
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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Step Right Up
"That's right, it filets, it chops, it dices, slices,
Never stops, lasts a lifetime, mows your lawn
And it mows your lawn and it picks up the kids from school
It gets rid of unwanted facial hair, it gets rid of embarrassing age spots,
It delivers a pizza, and it lengthens, and it strengthens
And it finds that slipper that's been at large
under the chaise lounge for several weeks
And it plays a mean Rhythm Master,
It makes excuses for unwanted lipstick on your collar
And it's only a dollar, step right up, it's only a dollar, step right up"
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Candle Ends
United States
Unspecified
Unspecified
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"Roadkill has its seasons, just like everything.
It's possums in the autumn and it's farm cats in the spring."
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Chris Garlic-13 Aniballi
United States
Sleepy Hollow
Illinois
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"All the World is Green"
The face forgives the mirror
The worm forgives the plow
The question begs the answer
Can you forgive me somehow?
Maybe when our story's over
We'll go where it's always spring
The band is playing our song again
And all the world is green
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Chris Garlic-13 Aniballi
United States
Sleepy Hollow
Illinois
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Day After Tomorrow
I close my eyes every night
And dream that I can hold you
They fill us full of lies, everyone buys
Bout what it means to be a soldier
I still don't know how I'm supposed to feel
Bout all the blood that's been spilled
Will God on His throne
Get me back home
On the day after tomorrow?
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Board Game: 55
[Average Rating:6.10 Unranked]
[Average Rating:6.10 Unranked]
Ken Crangle
United States
Albany
Oregon
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Now the sun's coming up,
I'm ridin' with Lady Luck.
Freeways, cars, and trucks -
Stars beginning to fade,
and I lead the parade.
Just a-wishin' I'd stayed a little longer...
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Board Game: Matilda
[Average Rating:6.50 Unranked]
Magnus Dreyer
Denmark
2500 Valby
Denmark
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I’m an innocent victim of a blinded alley
And I’m tired of all these soldiers here
No one speaks English, and everything’s broken
And my Stacys are soaking wet
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You’ll go waltzing Matilda with me
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Excellent list!!
San Francisco
California [CA]
Belleville
Michigan
South Sioux City
Nebraska
Now what is REALLY weird is the ANGER, HOSTILITY and non-posts that a tribute list to John Lennon - a FAR more popular musician - drew a few weeks back!
I guess it goes to prove the point:
We wargamers are a weird bunch.
Pleasantville
Massachusetts
Not really that weird. Here you are going to find the comments "who is Tom Waits?" or "I don't dig his voice". With Lennon, a dissenting opinion about his status will ruffle some feathers with people since he has been deified among fans. That is not too say that there are not Waits fanatics... just that I think that people that don't like Waits will move on rather than bash him.
I am a Waits fan. Though I have never seen him live. I wish he'd tour more.
Lafayette
Louisiana