Tom Waits

(Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan)
Theres a crooked street in Houston town,
Its a well born path Ive traveled down
Now theres ruin in my name, I wish I never got off the train,
I wished Id listened to the words you said.
Dont go down to Fannin Street
Dont go down to Fannin Street
Dont go down to Fannin Street
Youll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Dont go down to Fannin Street
Once I held you in my arms, I was sure
But I took that silent stare through the guilded door
The desire to have much more, all the glitter and the roar,
I know this is where the sidewalk ends.
Dont go down to Fannin Street
Dont go down to Fannin Street
Dont go down to Fannin Street
Youll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Dont go down to Fannin Street
When I was young I thought only of getting out
I said goodbye to my street, goodbye to my house
Give a man gin, give a man cards, give an inch he takes a yard,
And I rue the day that I stepped off this train.
Dont go down to Fannin Street
Dont go down to Fannin Street
Dont go down to Fannin Street
Youll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Dont go down to Fannin Street.
[ Fannin Street Lyrics ]