by Tom Waits
Lyrics excerpt:
This tiny Victorian rhubarb
kept the watering hole open for sixty-five years.
Now it's boilin' in a miserable March 21st
wrapped the hills in a blanket of Patterson's curse
the train smokes down the xylophone
there'll be no stopping here
all ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer
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Somehow I missed the point to this song, I fear. Maybe it's Patterson's curse that did the trick!
ReplyDeleteWell, it's Tom Waits ;) so atmosphere is an important element that must be considered. It's the story of an actual town. It once had a train station, but then the train quit stopping there:
Delete"This tiny Victorian rhubarb
Kept the watering hole open for sixty-five years"
"The train smokes down the xylophone
There'll be no stoppin' here
All ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer"
"Though the townspeople here
Fought her Vic Rail decree tooth and nail"