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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Vocals
Bones Howe
Bones Howe
Percussion
Frank Vicari
Frank Vicari
Tenor Saxophone
Gene Cipriano
Gene Cipriano
Clarinet
Jack Sheldon
Jack Sheldon
Trumpet
Jim Gordon
Jim Gordon
Drums
Jim Hughart
Jim Hughart
Bass Guitar
Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
Trumpet
Shelly Manne
Shelly Manne
Drums
Tom Scott
Tom Scott
Tenor Saxophone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Composer
Bob Alcivar
Bob Alcivar
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bones Howe
Bones Howe
Producer
Geoff Howe
Geoff Howe
Engineer

Lyrics

Tight-slacked clad girls on the graveyard shift 'Neath the cement stroll catch the midnight drift Cigar chewing charlie in that newspaper nest Grifting hot horse tips on who's running the best And I'm blinded by the neon Don't try and change my tune 'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone I'm drunk on the moon The moon's a silver slipper it's pouring champagne stars Broadway's like a serpent pulling shiny top-down cars Laramer is teeming with that undulating beat And some Bonneville is screaming it's way wilder down the street And I'm blinded by the neon Don't try and change my tune I thought I heard a saxophone I'm drunk on the moon Hearts flutter and race the moon's on the wane Tarts mutter their dream hopes the night will ordain Come schemers and dancers cherry delight As a Cleveland-bound Greyhound and it cuts throught the night And I've hawked all my yesterdays Don't try and change my tune I thought I heard a saxophone I'm drunk on the moon
Writer(s): Thomas Alan Waits Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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