{"id":4232,"date":"2011-03-01T19:15:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T19:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=4232"},"modified":"2011-03-02T19:22:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T19:22:48","slug":"tom-waits-to-join-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-about-time-for-tom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-03\/tom-waits-to-join-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-about-time-for-tom\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Waits to Join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame–About Time for Tom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We wrote about the great Tom Waits and provided a great number of\u00a0 Tom Waits videos a while back here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

He is a national treasure and one of our finest lyricists.\u00a0 Below (in bold at the bottom) are his words of wisdom for our times from his song, Get Behind the Mule, <\/em>off of “Mule Variations.”\u00a0 Always keep a sapphire in your minds.<\/p>\n

“Molly be damned smote Jimmy the Harp
\nWith a horrid little pistol and a lariat
\nShe’s goin to the bottom
\nAnd she’s goin down the drain
\nSaid she wasn’t big enough to carry it<\/p>\n

She got to get behind the Mule
\nIn the morning and plow
\nShe got to get behind the Mule
\nIn the morning and plow
\nShe got to get behind the Mule
\nIn the morning and plow
\nShe got to get behind the Mule
\nIn the morning and plow<\/p>\n

Choppity chop goes the axe in the woods
\nYou gotta meet me by the fall down tree
\nShovel of dirt upon a coffin lid
\nAnd I know they’ll come lookin for me boys
\nAnd I know they’ll come a-lookin for me<\/p>\n

Got to get behind the Mule
\nIn the morning and plow
\nGot to get behind the Mule
\nIn the morning and plow
\nGot to get behind the Mule
\nIn the morning and plow
\nGot to get behind the Mule
\nIn the morning and plow<\/p>\n

Big Jack Earl was 8’1
\nHe stood in the road and he cried
\nHe couldn’t make her love him
\nCouldn’t make her stay
\nBut tell the good Lord that he tried
\n(Chorus)<\/p>\n

Dusty trail from Atchison to Placerville
\nOn the wreck of the Weaverville stage
\nBeaula fired on Beatty for a lemonade
\nI was stirring my brandy with a nail boys
\nStirring my brandy with a nail<\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/p>\n

Well the rampaging sons of the widow James
\nJack the cutter and the pock marked kid
\nHad to stand naked at the bottom
\nOf the cross
\nAnd tell the good lord what they did
\nTell the good lord what they did<\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/p>\n

Punctuated birds on the power line<\/strong>
\nIn a Studebaker with the Birdie Joe Joaks
\nI’m diggin all the way to China
\nWith a silver spoon
\nWhile the hangman fumbles with the noose, boys
\nThe hangman fumbles with the noose<\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/p>\n

Pin your ear to the wisdom post
\nPin your eye to the line
\nNever let the weeds get higher
\nThan the garden
\nAlways keep a sapphire in your mind
\nAlways keep a diamond in your mind
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Got to get behind the Mule
\nIn the morning and plow”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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