Lyrics Tom Waits – Table Top Joe
Text:
I knew one day
One, one, two, one, two, three
Well my mama didn’t want me
On the day I was born
I was born without a body
I got nothing but scorn
But I always loved music
All I had was my hands
I dreamed I’d be famous
And I’d work at The Sands
I got nothing but scorn
But I always loved music
All I had was my hands
I dreamed I’d be famous
And I’d work at The Sands
Singing, Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe
Now everyone will know
That I’m Tabletop Joe
I had trouble with the pedals
But I had a strong left hand
And I could play Stravinsky
On a baby grand
I said, ‘I’m gonna join the circus
Cause that’s where I belong’
So I went to Coney Island
I was singing this song
Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe
Now everyone knows
Yeah I’m Tabletop Joe
They gave me top billing
In the Dreamland show
I had my own orchestra
Starring Tabletop Joe
And the man without a body
Proved everyone wrong
I was rich and I was famous
I was where I belonged, yeah
I was where I belonged, yeah
Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe
Now everyone knows, yeah
Tabletop Joe
Take it home boy
Album
Tom Waits – Alice
Tom Waits – Barcarolle
Tom Waits – Fish & Bird
Tom Waits – I’m Still Here
Tom Waits – Reeperbahn
Tom Waits – Watch Her Disappear
Tom Waits – We’re All Mad Here
Tom Waits – Lost In The Harbour
Tom Waits – Table Top Joe
Tom Waits – Poor Edward
Tom Waits – Kommienezuspadt
Tom Waits – No One Knows I’m Gone
Tom Waits – Flowers Grave
Tom Waits – Everything You Can Think
Tom Waits – Alice