Tom Waits

Table Top Joe

Tom Waits


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Intro
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Well my mama didn't want me
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On the day I was born
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I was born without a body
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I got nothing but scorn
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But I always loved music
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All I had was my hands
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I dreamed I'd be famous
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And I'd work at The Sands
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Singing, Tabletop Joe,
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Tabletop Joe
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Now everyone will know
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That I'm Tabletop Joe
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I had trouble with the pedals
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But I had a strong left hand
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And I could play Stravinsky
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On a baby grand
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I said, I'm gonna join the circus
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Cause that's where I belong
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So I went to Coney Island
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I was singing this song
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Tabletop Joe,
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Tabletop Joe
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Now everyone knows
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Yeah I'm Tabletop Joe
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They gave me top billing
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In the Dreamland show
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I had my own orchestra
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Starring Tabletop Joe
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And the man without a body
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Proved everyone wrong
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I was rich and I was famous
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I was where I belonged, yeah
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Tabletop Joe,
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Tabletop Joe
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Now everyone knows, yeah
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Tabletop Joe