Lyrics Tom Waits – Goodnight Irene
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Irene, goodnight. Irene, goodnight
Goodnight, Irene. Goodnight, Irene.
I’ll see you in my dreams.
Last Saturday night I got married.
Me and my wife settled down.
Now, me and my wife are parted.
Gonna take a little stroll downtown.
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Yeah, sometimes I live in the country
And sometimes I live in town.
Yeah, and sometimes I take a great notion
I’m gonna jump in the river and drown.
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Stop ramblin’. Stop that gamblin’.
Stop staying out late at night.
Go home to your wife and family.
Stay there by the fireside, bright.
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Goodnight, Irene. Goodnight, Irene.
I’ll see you in my dreams.