Tom Waits - "How's It Gonna End"

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"How's It Gonna End" by Tom Waits from the album 'Real Gone'
Lyrics
He had 3 whole dollars
A worn out car
And a wife who was
Leaving for good
Life's made of trouble
Worry pain and struggle
She wrote good bye in
The dust on the hood
They found a map of Missouri
Lipstick on the glass
They must of left
In the middle of the nite
And I want to know
The same thing
Everyone wants to know
How it going to end?
Behind a smoke colored
Curtain, the girl
Disappeared, they found out
The ring was a fake
A tree born crooked
Will never grow straight
She sunk like a hammer into the lake
A long lost letter and
And old leaky boat
Promises are never meant
To keep
And I want to know
The same thing
Everyone wants to know
How it going to end?
The barn leaned over
The vultures dried their wings
The moon climbed up an empty sky
The sun sank down behind the tree
On the hill
There's a killer and he's coming
Thru the rye
But maybe he's the Father
Of that lost little girl
It's hard to tell in this light
And I want to know
The same thing
Everyone wants to know
How it going to end?
Drag your wagon and your plow
Over the bones of the dead
Out among the roses and the weeds
You can never go back
And the answer is no
And wishing for it only
Makes it bleed
Joel Tornabene was broken
On the wheel
Shane and Bum Mahoney on the lamb
The grain was as gold
As Sheila's hair
All the way from Liverpool
With all we could steal
He was robbed of twenty dollars
His body found stripped
Cast into the harbour
There and drowned
And I want to know
The same thing
Everyone wants to know
How it going to end?
The sirens are snaking their
Way up the hill
It's last call somewhere in
The world
The reptiles blend in with the
Color of the street
Life is sweet at the edge
Of a razor
And down in the front row of
An old picture show
The old man is asleep
As the credits start to roll
And I want to know
The same thing
Everyone wants to know
How it going to end?
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[@harrybrown4077]

One of the only songwriters that truly deserves the overused title of a genius.

[@Missjunebugfreak]

I wholeheartedly agree.

[@matthewdarby3235]

Or possibly border line insane...

[@scottkay6495]

Exactly 💯

[@ememka1986]

The last & possibly only genious of popular music!

[@AunCollective]

Kathleen Brennan deserves her share of credit here. And her vinyl collection. :)

[@bea4156]

“Wishing for it only makes it bleed” FUCK WHAT AN EXCELLENT LINE

[@GuyCybershy]

I think this album was his best, the truest expression of his visionary genius. Sounds like it was recorded in a barn in the middle of the night in 1935.

[@jackhackett80]

Tom is one of the few, after decades in the business, that does his own thing and it always works. He's an artist that everyone is aware of, and no one is aware of

[@reigninoel]

"You can never go back,
And the answer is 'no'
And wishing for it only makes it bleed"

[@ecabernet]

You can never go back
And the answer is no
And wishing for it only
Makes it bleed
Sadly from experience I know this

[@godoffuckyou]

my friend's last post was to link this song.

[@kaynesantor8136]

The first verse of this gives me wicked twin peaks vibes. I'm assuming the other verses are another show or film. The last one gives me Mulholland drive vibes. Nice.

[@TestUser-cf4wj]

Chills. You just gave me chills. I want David Lynch amd Tom to do a collaboration, _on anything,_ before one of them goes.
In the dark and tortured corners of my imagination, Tom and David make broken furniture for misshapen men.

[@orbitalsatellite]

Finally unwrapped this album and listened to it on my drive home from the next town to my town. It was great.

[@faraichirimuuta3748]

this is my new favourite thing

[@attiylanen]

Just listening this today, and I thought what a masterpiece.

[@Switcharoo12]

My God I love this song!

[@leekohl-s8e]

It is my firm assignment that we will be teaching his work In music Conservatory school. And students will be constantly confused about exactly what eara he existed in.

[@IHateThisHandleSystem]

Renfeild rocks!

[@mwmccord2751]

I know how my life began. I'm aware of the things that I did that were right, and all too well the things that I did
that were more than wrong. Sadly, the only thing that keeps me alive is that I HAVE to know "How's It Gonna End"

[@edwinthomasr]

How indeed....🤷‍♂

[@matthewdarby3235]

Like one long Aural 'No country for old men'...

[@iamLucciMane]

This is pure magic ✨🤩✨ mane❗‼️💯3x.🖤❤️

[@YourMom777-x3x]

Tom Waits = Jim Morrison

[@lifeiscomplicated_]

How..How is going to end this outbreak?

[@psychologicalsigma9917]

Outbreak of repeating the news?

[@alberts1985]

Acne ?

[@Lu-pt2bf]

❤

[@macdrown3892]

"the waifu's leaving for good"

[@roeberdt-bT.1021]

...
(But was the ring "appropriately gifted"...,.)
...
Pray for "appropriately".

[@matthewdarby3235]

Or Fargo.

[@benroback9208]

cc is odd three old dolls..... no he had three whole dollars

[@matthewdarby3235]

Badly of course...

[@iChoricci]

#GraciasOtraVes #TidallyBeautifulChaos #TheTH-camJudge

[@sheepeater1864]

Tom Being Slept On Hard.

[@Festoniaful]

Always has been

[@mwyatt222]

1st.

[@coreycox2345]

Yes. When I believe you, I will do this if it's that important to you. I don't. If I should someday, I will. Your choice.