Tom Waits interview & performance of “Goin’ Out West“ from the album ’Bone Machine’ live on The Arsenio Hall Show in September 2002
Lyrics
Well I’m goin’ out west
Where the wind blows tall
’Cause Tony Franciosa
Used to date my ma
They got some money out there
They’re giving it away
I’m gonna do what I want
And I’m gonna get paid
Do what I want
And I’m gonna get paid
Little brown sausages
Lying in the sand
I ain’t no extra baby
I’m a leading man
Well, my parole officer
Will be proud of me
With my Olds 88
And the devil on a leash
I know karate, Voodoo too
I’m gonna make myself available
...to you
I don’t need no make up
I got real scars
I got hair on my chest
I look good without a shirt
Well I don’t lose my composure
In a high speed chase
Well my friends think I’m ugly
I got a masculine face
I got some dragstrip courage
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