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TOM WAITS lyrics : "New Year's Eve"

The door was open
I was seething
Your mother burst in

Iit was freezing
She said it looks like it's trying to rain
I was lost

I felt sea sick
You convinced me that he'd left
You said keep talking, but don't use any names

I scolded your driver and your brother
We are old enough to know how long you've been hooked
And we've all been through the war

And each time you score
Someone gets hauled and handcuffed and booked


It felt like four in the morning
What sounded like fireworks
Turned out to be just what it was

The stars looked like diamonds
Then came the sirens
And everyone started to cuss


All the noise was disturbing
And I couldn't find Irving

It was like two stations on at the same time
And then I hid your car keys
And I made black coffee

And I dumped out the rest of the rum

Nick and Socorro broke up

And Candice wouldn't shut up
Fin, he recorded the whole thing
Ray, he said damn you

And someone broke my camera
And it was New Year's
And we all started to sing


Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne


I was leaving in the morning with Charles for Las Vegas
And I didn't have a plan to come back

I had only a few things
Two hundred dollars
And my records in a brown paper sack


I ran out on Sheila
Everything's in storage

Calvin's right I should go back to driving truck

Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind

Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne

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