Jitterbug Boy lyrics
Song information
Artist: Tom Waits Album: Small Change
Lyrics
Well, I'm a jitterbug boy By the shoe-shine Resting on my laurels And my hardys too Life of riley on a swing shift Gears follow my drift Once upon a time I was In show-biz too
I seen the brooklyn dodgers Playin at ebbets field Seen the kentucky derby too It's fast women, slow horses, I'm reliable sources And I'm holding up a lamp post If you want to know I seen the wabash cannonball Buddy, I've done it all
Beause I slept with the lions And marilyn monroe Had breakfast in the eye Of a hurricane Fought rocky marciano Played minnesota fats Burned hundred-dollar bills
I eaten mulligan stew Got drunk with louis armstrong What's that old song? I taught mickey mantle Everything that he knows
And so you ask me What I'm doing here Holding up a lamp post Flippin this quarter Trying to make up my mind And if it's heads I'll go to Tennessee, and tails I'll buy a drink If it lands on the edge I'll keep talking to you
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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