Tom Waits - Lucinda lyrics

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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