The Piano Has Been Drinking
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45217)
St. Catharines, Ontario
May 6, 2007 12:26pm CST
Most Saturday nights I listen to "Saturday Night Blues" on CBC Radio One and last night was no exception. Holger (the host) played a Tom Waits' song, recorded by Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, called "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)." I hadn't heard it before, but as soon as he announced it, I knew I was going to like it. It starts off:
The piano has been drinking
my neck tie is asleep
and the combo went back to New York
the juke box has to take a leak
the carpet needs a haircut
and continues in that vein.
I think the piano's been doing more than drinking! But that'd be interesting to see, don't you think?
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@ItTakesAllSorts (4096)
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6 May 07
I love Tom Waits, his lyrics are sometimes rather zany.
Have you heard Frank's Wild Years?
Its only a short song, but so funny!!
Here are the lyrics
Well Frank settled down in the Valley
and hung his wild years
on a nail that he drove through
his wife's forehead
he sold used office furniture
out there on San Fernando Road
and assumed a $30,000 loan
at 15 1/4% and put down payment
on a little two bedroom place
his wife was a spent piece of used jet trash
made good bloody marys
kept her mouth shut most of the time
had a little Chihuahua named Carlos
that had some kind of skin disease
and was totally blind. They had a
thoroughly modern kitchen
self-cleaning oven (the whole bit)
Frank drove a little sedan
they were so happy
One night Frank was on his way home
from work, stopped at the liqu*r store,
picked up a couple Mickey's Big Mouths
drank 'em in the car on his way
to the Shell station, he got a gallon of
gas in a can, drove home, doused
everything in the house, torched it,
parked across the street, laughing,
watching it burn, all Halloween
orange and chimney red then
Frank put on a top forty station
got on the Hollywood Freeway
headed north
Never could stand that dog
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@ItTakesAllSorts (4096)
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6 May 07
Sorry for lack of spacing but when I went to post this it would not let me post liqu*r. So I forgot to respace when I went back.
I hope you don't get eye strain!!LOL
@BarBaraPrz (45217)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
6 May 07
Yeah, I've heard it. In fact, I think I heard it just last week on the radio, or maybe it was two weeks ago.
My cousin's husband is a big Tom Waits fan and has just about all his stuff on CD now. My cousin just isn't enlightened enough to appreciate Tom, but she did gift her hubbie with his latest CD this past Christmas.
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
6 May 07
That is very cute and I like it. A little on the silly side, but we can't be serious all the time we would be very boring if that were the case. I was badgered into getting an answering machine and as my act of rebelion I made a silly message....Hello this is the refrigerator the answering machine is on vacation, if you want to leave a message fell free and I will stick to myself with the magnet.
Life is for having fun....lol.
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@BarBaraPrz (45217)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
6 May 07
"She's a rebel and she does just what she wants to do..."
Would you keep that same message if you were job hunting, or would you change it to something more conventional?
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