a little late, I am only now falling for Tom Waits.
just saw on the Daily Show. I like listening to him talk (as with tracy chapman, it's almost more special than hearing the singing. almost.). he said that in Iraq you can't have a guitar in a store window, it's too sexy. he has aone that's a 2x4 so thought maybe could take that there and do something. Jon said, maybe that's all we need to solve things over there. a 2 by 4, tom waits
"it's probably something that simple." says Waits.

and he sang, beautiful.

I've always liked on my tape the Train Song, and the intro he gives before it, "I'd say the question I get asked the most- well, I get asked a lot- enough that I remark on it - is 'Tom, is it possible for a woman to get pregnant without intercourse?' and I say, now- we're going to have to go all the way back to the civil war for this. - A stray bullet pierced the testicle of a Union soldier and then lodged itself in the ovaries of a woman, who was actually twenty feet from him at the time. - Well the baby was fine, she was guilt free - The soldier's a little pissed off though. It's actually a form of intercourse, if you think about it. But not for everyone. those who like action maybe.
...well I was drunk outside the depo ... that I'd swallow for a day
must have been a train - took me away from you
but a train
can't bring me
can't bring me
home."