Tom Waits - “Invitation To The Blues“

Listen to the full album: “Invitation To The Blues“ by Tom Waits from the album ’Small Change’ Lyrics Well she’s up against the register with an apron and a spatula with yesterday’s deliveries and the tickets for the bachelors she’s a moving violation from her conk down to her shoes but it’s just an invitation to the blues and you feel just like Cagney looks like Rita Hayworth at the counter of the Schwab’s Drugstore you wonder if she might be single she’s a loner likes to mingle got to be patient and pick up a clue she says howyougonnalikem, over medium or scrambled anyways the only way be careful not to gamble on a guy with a suitcase and a ticket gettin out of here it’s a tired bus station and an old pair of shoes but it ain’t nothin but an invitation to the blues but you can’t take your eyes off her get another cup of java and i