The Piano Has Been Drinking (not Me) Lyrics - Tom Waits

The piano has been drinking, my necktie is asleep 

And the combo went back to New York, the jukebox has to take a leak 

And the carpet needs a haircut, and the spotlight looks like a prison break 

And the telephone's out of cigarettes, and the balcony is on the make 

And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking... 

And the menus are all freezing, and the light man's blind in one eye 

And he can't see out of the other 

And the piano-tuner's got a hearing aid, and he showed up with his mother 

And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking 

As the bouncer is a Sumo wrestler cream-puff casper milktoast 

And the owner is a mental midget with the I.Q. of a fence post 

'Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking... 

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And you can't find your waitress with a Geiger counter 

And she hates you and your friends and you just can't get served without her 

And the box-office is drooling, and the bar stools are on fire 

And the newspapers were fooling, and the ash-trays have retired 

'Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking 

The piano has been drinking, not me, not me, not me, not me, not me 

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