Listen to The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King) by Tom Waits

The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)

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Tom Waits - "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening With Pete King)"
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Vocals
Jim Hughart
Jim Hughart
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Songwriter
Jerry Yester
Jerry Yester
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bones Howe
Bones Howe
Producer
Bill Broms
Bill Broms
Engineer
Geoff Howe
Geoff Howe
Engineer

Lyrics

The piano has been drinking, my necktie is asleep And the combo went back to New York, the jukebox has to take a leak And the carpet needs a haircut, and the spotlight looks like a prison break And the telephone's out of cigarettes, and the balcony is on the make And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking... And the menus are all freezing, and the light man's blind in one eye And he can't see out of the other And the piano-tuner's got a hearing aid, and he showed up with his mother And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking As the bouncer is a Sumo wrestler cream-puff casper milktoast And the owner is a mental midget with the I.Q. of a fence post 'Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking... And you can't find your waitress with a Geiger counter And she hates you and your friends and you just can't get served without her And the box-office is drooling, and the bar stools are on fire And the newspapers were fooling, and the ash-trays have retired 'Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking The piano has been drinking, not me, not me, not me, not me, not me
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