Lucinda Lyrics - Orphans - Tom Waits

Well they call me William the Pleaser 

I sold opium, fireworks and lead 

Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers 

When the shadows get long I be dead 

Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar 

Her skin as white as a cuttlefish bone 

I left Texas to follow Lucinda 

Now I'll never see heaven or home 

I meet her when Charlotte slivers in moonlight 

A sly grin and a bow full of stars 

like a kid who captures a firefly 

And leaves it only to die in the jar 

As I kick at the clowns at my hanging 

As I swing out all over the crowds 

I will search every face for Lucinda 

And she'll go off with me down the hill 

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I tought I'd broke loose of Lucinda 

Rain returned and so did the wind 

I cast this burden on the God's that's within me 

And I'll leave this old world and go free 

The devil danced inside empty pockets 

But she didn't want money or pearls 

Boy that wasn't enought for Lucinda 

She wasn't that kind of girl 

Now I've fallen from grace for Lucinda 

Who'd ever tought that Hell would be so cold? 

I did well for an old tin can sailor 

But she wanted the bell in my soul 

I spoken to God on the mountain 

And I've swam in the Irish sea 

I've ate fire and drank from the Ganges 

I've played bell for mercy for me 

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I tought I'd broke loose of Lucinda 

Rain returned and so did the wind 

I was standing outside the white house 

And there I was afraid to go in 

I heard someone pull the trigger 

Her breast heaved in the moonlight again 

There was a smear of gold in the window 

And then I was the jewel of her sin 

They call me William the Pleaser 

I sold opium, fireworks and lead 

Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers 

When the shadows get long I be dead 

Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar 

Her skin as white as a cuttlefish bone 

I left Texas to follow Lucinda 

I know I'll never see heaven or home 

No I'll never see heaven or home 

No I'll never never see heaven or home