Monday, July 10, 2023

Noirsville Tune of the Week

 

Picking Up After You

(Song by Crystal Gayle and Tom Waits)


Here comes the bride, and there goes the groom

Looks like a hurricane went through this room

Smells like a pool hall, where's my other shoe

And I'm sick and tired of pickin' up after you

Looks like you spent the night in a trench

And tell me, how long have you been combin' your hair with a wrench

The roses are dead and the violets are too

And I'm sick and tired of pickin' up after you

Well, I've told you before, I won't tell you again

You don't defrost the icebox with a ball point pen

This railroad apartment is held together with glue

And I'm sick and tired of pickin' up after you

Because I know I've been swindled, I never bargained for this

What's more, you never cared about me

Why don't you get your own place so you can live like you do

And I'm sick and tired of pickin' up after you

Take all your relatives and all of your shoes

Believe me, I'll really swing when you're gone

I'll be living on chicken and wine after we're through

With someone I pick up after you

With someone I pick up after you

With someone I pick up after you

With someone I pick up after you

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