I was around 17 or 18 and lived in Venezuela when i watched this movie and this performance changed my world forever! It was a time to discover the beat generation, the Tenesse Williams literature, some movies as Paris, Texas or Robert Altman´s Fool for love. I was the only guy interested in american literature or music or cinema and this performance and this song became my anthem for years.
Well with buck shot eyes and a purple heart I rolled down the national stroll And with a big fat paycheck Strapped to my hip sack And a shore leave wristwatch underneath My sleeve In a hong kong drizzle on cuban heels I rowed down the gutter to the blood bank And i'd left all my papers on the ticonderoga And was in a bad need of a shave And so i slopped at the corner on cold chow mein And shot billards with a midget Until the rain stopped And i bought a long sleeved shirt With horses on the front And some gum and a lighter and a knife And a new deck of cards (with girls on the back) And i sat down and wrote a letter to my wife And i said baby, i'm so far away from home And i miss my baby so I can't make it by myself I love you so Well i was pacing myself Trying to make it all last Squeezing all the life Out of a lousy two day pass And i had a cold one at the dragon With some filipino floor show And talked baseball with a lieutenant Over a singapore sling And i wondered how the same moon outside Over this chinatown fair Could look down on illinois And find you there And you know i love you baby And i'm so far away from home And i miss my baby so I can't make it by myself I love you so Shore leave... Shore leave... Shore leave... Shore leave... Shore leave... Shore leave... Shore leave... Shore leave... Shore leave... Shore leave... Shore leave... Shore leave... Shore leave... Shore leave...
This isn't a song, this is a full length movie compressed into four and a half minutes.
Masterpiece
Of guteral lamentation
With hypnotic syncopation
He took what was a good song from swordfishtrombones and completely revitalized it! What a fantastic performance!
I was around 17 or 18 and lived in Venezuela when i watched this movie and this performance changed my world forever! It was a time to discover the beat generation, the Tenesse Williams literature, some movies as Paris, Texas or Robert Altman´s Fool for love. I was the only guy interested in american literature or music or cinema and this performance and this song became my anthem for years.
My all time favourite..
This song is so terrible and Beautiful!
He makes madness make sense
what an artist. we will never see anyone like him ever again
Its my favourite version of this song ❤
Tom Waits is an impressive Tom Waits cover band.
That was intense. I don't think I'd want that guy hating or loving me.
So very beautiful ❤❤❤
Awesome… I really wish this was on the Big Time record
Same here. Same with Hold on St Christopher
Can you image loving someone enough to write this song? It hurts.
Yeah I'm 90% certain this song is about cheating and the character Tom is playing is a lier and adulterer
@@isetta4083 What makes you think that?
@@MaraneSparrow You'll know when you spend some time off post.
@@specialprojectsdevgroup So you don't have a response - best not to bring your time wasting to the table
@@cahillgreg Or maybe you just don't know what "shore leave" is and the sort of activities that take place. Euro.
That part at the end of "Shore Leave". THAT SOUNDS BALLS!
Oh man, I just listened to it at 1/4 speed.
Incomparable
Freaking beautiful
mindblowing ... wow
I LOVE this song from the album in 1983.
Шедеврально!!!
Fantastic song
I NEED THIS ON CD PLEASE !
it's available
Dude...Lonely as hell. Nuff said.
Sure ’Nuff ’n Yes I Do
Wonder why this isn’t on Big Time
Ik right I got the cd thinking it would be on it:/
Well with buck shot eyes and a purple heart
I rolled down the national stroll
And with a big fat paycheck
Strapped to my hip sack
And a shore leave wristwatch underneath
My sleeve
In a hong kong drizzle on cuban heels
I rowed down the gutter to the blood bank
And i'd left all my papers on the ticonderoga
And was in a bad need of a shave
And so i slopped at the corner on cold chow mein
And shot billards with a midget
Until the rain stopped
And i bought a long sleeved shirt
With horses on the front
And some gum and a lighter and a knife
And a new deck of cards (with girls on the back)
And i sat down and wrote a letter to my wife
And i said baby, i'm so far away from home
And i miss my baby so
I can't make it by myself
I love you so
Well i was pacing myself
Trying to make it all last
Squeezing all the life
Out of a lousy two day pass
And i had a cold one at the dragon
With some filipino floor show
And talked baseball with a lieutenant
Over a singapore sling
And i wondered how the same moon outside
Over this chinatown fair
Could look down on illinois
And find you there
And you know i love you baby
And i'm so far away from home
And i miss my baby so
I can't make it by myself
I love you so
Shore leave...
Shore leave...
Shore leave...
Shore leave...
Shore leave...
Shore leave...
Shore leave...
Shore leave...
Shore leave...
Shore leave...
Shore leave...
Shore leave...
Shore leave...
Shore leave...
All these years I thought it was the "Sharleen"
@@paultaylor914 I thought he said Jolene😂😂😂
@@paultaylor914
'Charleene'.
thank you
Forgot how to tie my boots
It sounds like he's crying 'Charlene', a woman's name at the end, but I guess he was really saying shore leave.
Kultakurkku heittää kuperkeikkaa
JUST GOD
When my wife let's me go out, I'm like...
It's Manhood, Son .
I say , " When god closes a door , He opens a dress . "
5th 55hx800
You're her bitch - you have nothing to offer beyond the warning to all - of this bitch's defeat
Easily overlooked with the spectacle of Tom in front chewing up the stage, but big big big props to the band for “getting” it.