Well Tom Waits once sang
Bout his Ol' 55
And the cars they may change

Yeah but people still drive
And some drive away
From the things they love most

Well it don't make no sense
But that's life I suppose


Well Tom Waits once stood
By a boy playing ball
And I didn't much notice

I just thought he was tall
But my father said son
You'll remember some day

It means more here and now
Than I ever could say


CHORUS:

And my voice ain't like whiskey

In a smoke-filled saloon
But I'm lit by the glow
Of that same grapefruit moon

And I may never quite
Have his way with a tune
But that don't mean it's easy

To give up too soon

And Cleveland came calling

It was right that they would
And some more people know now
That's all well and good

But I still got this dream
That I'll shake the man's hand
In a dive after midnight

By an old baby grand

CHORUS


No my voice ain't like whiskey
In a smoke-filled saloon

But I'm lit by the glow
Of that same grapefruit moon
And I may never quite

Have his way with a tune
But that don't mean it's easy
To give up too soon

Yeah God knows it's a crime
When you give up too soon