Children's Story Lyrics - Orphans - Tom Waits

Once upon a time there was a poor child, 

with no father and no mother 

And everything was dead 

And no one was left in the whole world 

Everything was dead 

And the child went on search, day and night 

And since nobody was left on the earth, 

he wanted to go up into the heavens 

And the moon was looking at him so friendly 

And when he finally got to the moon, 

the moon was a piece of rotten wood 

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And then he went to the sun 

And when he got there, the sun was a wilted sunflower 

And when he got to the stars, they were little golden flies. 

Stuck up there, like the shrike sticks 'em on a blackthorn 

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And when he wanted to go back, down to earth, 

the earth was an overturned piss pot 

And he was all alone, and he sat down and he cried 

And he is there till this day 

All alone: 

Okay, there's your story! 

Night-night!