Lyrics Tom Waits – Telephone Call From Istanbul
Text:
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
will you sell me one of those if I shave my head
get me out of town is what fireball said
never trust a man in a blue trench coat
never drive a car when you’re dead
Saturday’s a festival
Friday’s a gem
dye your hair yellow
and raise your hem
follow me to beulah’s on
dry creek road
I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed
take me down to buy a tux
on red rose bear
got to cut a hole in the day
I got a telephone call from Istanbul
my baby’s coming home today
overhead fan
they paint the donkey blue if you pay
I got a telephone call from Istanbul
my baby’s coming home today
will you sell me one of those if I shave my head
get me out of town is what fireball said
never trust a man in a blue trench coat
never drive a car when you’re dead
Saturday’s a festival
Friday’s a gem
dye your hair yellow
and raise your hem
follow me to beulah’s on
dry creek road
I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed
take me down to buy a tux
on red rose bear
got to cut a hole in the day
I got a telephone call from Istanbul
my baby’s coming home today
Album
Tom Waits – Franks Wild Years
Tom Waits – Blow Wind Blow
Tom Waits – Train Song
Tom Waits – Cold Cold Ground
Tom Waits – Telephone Call From Istanbul
Tom Waits – I’ll Take New York
Tom Waits – Way Down In The Hole
Tom Waits – More Than Rain
Tom Waits – Frank’s Theme
Tom Waits – Please Wake Me Up
Tom Waits – Yesterday Is Here
Tom Waits – I’ll Be Gone
Tom Waits – Innocent When You Dream (Barroom)
Tom Waits – Temptation
Tom Waits – Straight To The Top (Rhumba)
Tom Waits – Hang On St. Christopher