"Tom Waits" - Matthew Jordan (Original)

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 Here's a brand-new original song. This one was inspired when I was listening to Tom Waits' debut album "Closing Time" from 1973. I was thinking about all of the ways the music industry has changed since then, and that's what brought about this song.

 Tom Waits is a hero to many singer-songwriters out there, and if you're not familiar with his music, I strongly encourage you to look him up here on YouTube. Full lyrics are below. Btw... the 2nd verse is a true story. I did stand next to Tom Waits when I was about 5 years old. I think his kids went to the same school as me, but I didn't know them.

 Tom Waits (Matthew Jordan & Robert Strauss)

Well Tom Waits once sang

Bout his Ol' 55

And the cars they may change

Yeah but people still drive

And some drive away

From the things they love most

 Well it don't make no sense

 But that's life I suppose

 Well Tom Waits once stood

By a boy playing ball

And I didn't much notice

 I just thought he was tall

But my father said son

You'll remember some day

 It means more here and now

 Than I ever could say

 CHORUS:

 And my voice ain't like whiskey

 In a smoke-filled saloon

 But I'm lit by the glow

 Of that same grapefruit moon

And I may never quite

Have his way with a tune

 But that don't mean it's easy To give up too soon

 And Cleveland came calling

It was right that they would

And some more people know now

That's all well and good

But I still got this dream

That I'll shake the man's hand

 In a dive after midnight

By an old baby grand

 CHORUS

 No my voice ain't like whiskey

 In a smoke-filled saloon

 But I'm lit by the glow Of that same grapefruit moon

And I may never quite

 Have his way with a tune

But that don't mean it's easy To give up too soon

Yeah God knows it's a crime

When you give up too soon