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Testo Lucinda - Tom Waits

Testo della canzone Lucinda (Tom Waits), tratta dall'album Orphans

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'll 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 made a wish on a sliver of moonlight

A sly grin and a bowl full of stars

Like a kid who captures a firefly

And leaves it only to die in the jar

As I kick at the clouds at my hanging

As I swing out over the crowd

I will search every face for Lucinda

And she'll go off with me down to hell

I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda

The rain returned and so did the wind

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

And I'll leave this old world and go free

The devil dances inside empty pockets

But she didn't want money or pearls

No, that wasn't enough for Lucinda

She wasn't that kind of girl

Now I've fallen from grace for Lucinda

Whoever thought that hell'd be so cold?

I did well for an old tin can sailor

But she wanted the bell and my soul

I've spoken to God on the mountain

And I swam in the Irish Sea

I ate fire and drank from the Ganges

And I begged hell for mercy for me

I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda

The rain returned and so did the wind

I was standing outside the White Horse

And man, I was afraid to go in

I heard someone pull the trigger

Her breath 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'll 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

And I know I'll never see heaven or home

I know I'll never see heaven or home

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Writer(s): Thomas Alan Waits, Kathleen Brennan
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