Noirsville Tune Of The Week

Daniel Ivan "Dan" Hicks (December 9, 1941 – February 6, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter who combined cowboy folk, jazz, country, swing, bluegrass, pop, and gypsy music. He led Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. He is perhaps best known for the songs "I Scare Myself" and "Canned Music." His songs are frequently infused with humor, as evidenced by the title of his tune, "How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away?"

Here is Hick's cover of Tom Waits 'The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)  with a Caribbean beat.

The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)

written by Tom Waits

Lyrics

The piano has been drinking, my necktie is asleep

And the combo went back to new york, the jukebox has to take a leak

And the carpet needs a haircut, and the spotlight looks like a prison break

And the telephone's out of cigarettes, and the balcony is on the make

And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking

And the menus are all freezing, and the light man's blind in one eye

And he can't see out of the other

And the piano-tuner's got a hearing aid, and he showed up with his mother

And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking

As the bouncer is a sumo wrestler cream-puff Casper milktoast

And the owner is a mental midget with the i.q. of a fence post

Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking

And you can't find your waitress with a Geiger counter

And she hates you and your friends and you just can't get served without her

And the box-office is drooling, and the bar stools are on fire

And the newspapers were fooling, and the ash-trays have retired

Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking

The piano has been drinking, not me, not me, not me, not me, not me

Here is the original version.....