Tom Waits

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
Skin as white as a cuttlefish bone
I left Texas to follow Lucinda
Now I'll never see heaven nor 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 to die in the jar
As I kick at the clouds at my hanging
As I swing out over the crowd
I was searching the faces for Lucinda's
And she'll go off with me down into hell
I thought I broke loose of Lucinda
Rain returned and so did the wind
I cast this burden upon the god that's within me
And leave this ol' world and go free
The devil dances inside of your pockets
But she didn't want my little pearls
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 in my soul
I spoke in the garden on the mountain
I swam in the Irish sea
I ate fire and drank from the Ganges
And I begged hell for mercy on me
I thought I broke loose of Lucinda
Rain returned and so did the wind
I was standing outside the White Horse
And I was afraid to go in
I heard someone pull the trigger
Her breasts heaved in the moonlight again
There was a smear of gold on the window
And then I was the jew 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
Skin as white as a cuttlefish bone
I left Texas to follow Lucinda
Now I'll never see heaven nor home
No I'll never see heaven nor home
No I'll never see heaven nor home