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Tom Waits
Martha
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Martha was released on March 6, 1973 by Anti/Epitaph as a part of the album Closing Time (Remastered)
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Vocals
Jesse Ehrlich
Jesse Ehrlich
Cello
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jerry Yester
Jerry Yester
Producer
Richie Moore
Richie Moore
Engineer

Lyrics

Operator, number please
It's been so many years
Will she remember my old voice
While I fight the tears?
Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
This is old Tom Frost
And I am calling long distance
Don't worry about the cost
'Cause it's been forty years or more
Now Martha, please recall
Meet me out for coffee
Where we'll talk about it all
And
Those were the days of roses
Poetry, and prose, and Martha
All I had was you and all you had was me
There was no tomorrows
We'd packed away our sorrows
And we saved 'em for a rainy day
And I feel so much older now
And you're much older too
How's the husband? And how's your kids?
You know that I got married too?
Lucky that you found someone
To make you feel secure
'Cause we were all so young and foolish
Now we are mature
And
Those were the days of roses
Poetry, and prose, and Martha
All I had was you and all you had was me
There was no tomorrow
We'd packed away our sorrows
And we saved 'em for a rainy day
And I was always so impulsive
I guess that I still am
And all that really mattered then
Was that I was a man
I guess that our bein' together
Was never meant to be
And Martha, Martha
I love you, can't you see?
And those were the days of roses
And those were the days of roses
Poetry, and prose, and Martha
All I had was you and all you had was me
There was no tomorrows
We'd packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day
And I remember quiet evenings
Trembling close to you
Written by: Tom Waits

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