Thomas Alan Waits je americký písničkář, šansoniér, autor písní a herec. O jeho hlase jeden americký kritik napsal: „ Jako kdyby byl naložený v sudu s bourbonem, potom pár měsíců visel v udírně a nakonec přes něj přejelo auto. “ Gery Graff. Na...

Píseň: Table Top Joe

Interpret:
Tom Waits
Album:
Alice
I knew one day
One, one, two, one, two, three


Well my mama didn’t want me
On the day I was born
I was born without a body
I got nothing but scorn
But I always loved music
All I had was my hands
I dreamed I'd be famous
And I’d work at The Sands


Singing, Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe
Now everyone will know
That I'm Tabletop Joe


I had trouble with the pedals
But I had a strong left hand
And I could play Stravinsky
On a baby grand
I said, ‘I’m gonna join the circus
Cause that’s where I belong’
So I went to Coney Island
I was singing this song


Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe
Now everyone knows
Yeah I'm Tabletop Joe


They gave me top billing
In the Dreamland show
I had my own orchestra
Starring Tabletop Joe
And the man without a body
Proved everyone wrong
I was rich and I was famous
I was where I belonged, yeah


Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe
Now everyone knows, yeah
Tabletop Joe


Take it home boy