Waits, Tom - Drunk On The Moon Lyrics
Tight-slacked clad girls on the graveyard shift
'Neath the cement stroll
Catch the midnight drift
Cigar chewing charlie
In that newspaper nest
On who's running the best
[CHORUS]
And I'm blinded by the neon
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
And the moon's a silver slipper
It's pouring champagne stars
Pulling shiny top-down cars
Laramer is teeming
With that undulating beat
And some Bonneville is screaming
It's way wilder down the street
[CHORUS]
Hearts flutter and race
The moon's on the wane
Tarts mutter their dream hopes
The night will ordain
Come schemers and dancers
Cherry delight
As a Cleveland-bound Greyhound
And it cuts throught the night
And I've hawked all my yesterdays
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
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Waits, Tom Drunk On The Moon Comments
I want to dedicated that song to all my homies on The Moon.
Be carefull next time and do not drive ship while drunk, you remember what happend in Roswell right?
I think he has been in music industry and Hollywood long enough that the elites allowed him to visit the moon, maybe more. Oh and drunk
Waits always sets a unique mood
I like how this comment section is just a bunch of people bragging about their alcaholism
this makes me feel drunk
https://youtu.be/YPCSneeFozs music for you
Man....the way that we age in front of songs. It's priceless.
Now this is some dope ass shit
Jeez I feel like I’m watching taxi driver again
love these morning photos! X
With a cigarette and a bourbon.
Glad my boy is finally getting some attention
단정한 구조, 화려한 악기배치..매우 클래시컬한 그라운드인데..
그 단단한 구조물 위를 아무렇게나 뛰노는..
터프한 목소리, 풀어헤쳐진 음정들...
(통제가 삼엄한 기숙사앞에서 타이를 풀어헤치고 서있던 반항아 테리우스...-.-?? )
톰웨이츠....
노래마다 빠져들게 만드는.
내 생애 최고의 가수..💎
👍👍👍
my pleasure❤
Waits is a poser.
This my first time listening to Tom and this song. My life feels a bit more complete.
Not good during daylight time..
long live the King...
knew his daughter quite well. always curious where she's at now? PDX-503
Wish I were drunk on the moon right now. I'm so fucking depressed, I'd probably take off my space suit and die.
The algorithm fucking nailed it again
Youtube is surely the best platform for every single one of us that want to discover smt new every day... this was in my recommendations... i am in love
💗💛💙
I love the bass in this. It follows the melody in places ascending like a shadow up a stairway.
One of my regrets as a non native English speaker, is that I will never be able to fully grasp the meaning of Tom's lyrics. On the other hand if I treat it as a lifelong challenge, then there's something worthwhile to work towards :)
You know this song starts playing when you look around in a bar and see a girl that's alone sipping her whiskey neat
Coming back from work yesterday, a cold November evening. I was in the bus as always, observing the dark sky and the beautiful sunset of the Cheshire countryside listening to this song. I almost cried.. It was a beautiful feeling.
I had previously only known Tom Waits from his interviews and he always seemed to be such a try hard to be “edgy” or a bad boy
Tom Waits and Chet Baker in my headphones under the moon late at night with a smoke. All you need.
When you listen to his songs, you realize that there is another such poor fellow and sufferer, who feels life and its cares in the same way. It's out of the rules, it's out of politics, it's out of any crises and wars. What he does is eternal and essential. Tom waits, live happily ever after! Don't stop! Drink your Scotch, smoke your cigarette and just sit in this chair and look into the distance! You are loved! I need you! Without you, this old world will be unbearable..
Dude looks like hellboy
he has been waiting for too long he drunk on the moon
We stan Buck Merrill ✊🏼
Why this song be feeling like its from over the garden wall tho
When sumo from Clarence grows up
Reality is for people who can't face drugs
This has a weird Christmas vibe to it. Or maybe it just reminds me of winter...?
Maybe if the songs has a m7b5 chord, that chord is very related with crismats songs
@marcot117 maybe so! I'm not fluent in chords that well so I wouldn't know. Thanks though!
So many musicians are replying to this comment trying to find out why it sounds like a Christmas song😭😭 gotta love YouTube!
@marcot117 hahahahaha adam neely??
@Da Chudda Jaime Altozano xd
This dude looks a lot like Ted Nugent
He always reminds me of Al Jolson.
Will Tom Waits ever stop surprising me with amazing songs? I doubt it
This is great.
True :/
Time Waits.. Tom Too.
Either that or work in hvac. I feel ya man. A woman's lies makes a life like mine.
This is relaxing 😍😍
This is certainly a rare breed . I can’t help but love these iconic tunes . So ☺️.
He’s such a Hot Mess. But I sure do Love his Tunes
Love it!
I get drunk on the moon too
THIS IS OH SO NICE.
Tonight is a full moon and it's especially beautiful.
This song came to mind
Pairs well with dead rising 2
Drunks??!? Waits is for Acidheads. Amateurs! 😆
Nico Ford. His music reminds me of Tom waits meets 21 pilots.
Bless Tom's heart.
Fantastic track. Don't try and change my tune
Para qué whisky si existe Tom Waits.
I’d like to think that this is a sequel to Fly Me to the Moon when Frank Sinatra realizes living on the moon isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and decides to get totally wasted.
Hahahah you gotta love the comment section <3
Same, great minds think alike. But I am stupid af soooo.
But ya that is funny
Drinkin' agaaaaaaaain
2:58 - 3:32 eargasm
I'm in Manhattan for work for the 3rd week out of 4 hating my life with a bottle of whiskey next to me easing my sorrow. Made me want to listen to something which inspired me to drink a few shots more. Found it....
All his songs are so unique.
My boyfriend kissed me for the first time, while this song was playing. He closed my eyes and did it.. whenever i hear this song i remember that moment..
ah yes, rape
thank u for destroying a song
That's beautiful
What a sweet memory to go with this fine, fine song.
Hannu HAHAHAHAHAHAHA😂😂😂
Music for the soul, medicine for the mind and alcohol for the body
No words ❤
Why does your songs always puts me in a good calm mood. Tom Waits, you're a national treasure for sure. 😊
didnt know ron perlman was singing too
"the moons on the wane"
That's a slick line
l drink into a black fog. l don't recall shopping oh dear.
I discovered this album 30 years ago and it just gets better and better. A true must have.
Is this one of his earlier songs? I’ve never heard him sing without his signature car-motor-without-a-muffler voice.
Yeah, this song is from his second album. From '74, iirc
Splooging in the Guggenheim, What am I supposed to do? Drinking from my Florsheim Shoe.
kesini karna ardhito nyanyi di radio wkwk
I bet if you could breathe there, being drunk on the moon would feel pretty fucking marvelous.
What is this genre of music ? Is this Jazz ?
Tight-slacked clad girls on the graveyard shift
Neath the cement stroll
Catch the midnight drift
Cigar chewing Charlie
In the newspaperness
Grifting hot-horse tips
On who's running the best
And I'm blinded by the neon
Don't try and change my tune
Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
And the moon's a silver slipper
It's pouring champagne stars
Broadway's like a serpent
Pulling shiny top-down cars
Laramer is teeming
With that undulating beat
And some Bonneville is screaming
It's way wilder down the street
And I'm blinded by the neon
Don't try and change my tune
Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
Hearts flutter and race
The moon's on the wane
Tarts mutter their dream hopes
The night will ordain
Come schemers and dancers
Cherry delight
As a Cleveland-bound Greyhound
And it cuts through the night
And I've hawked all my yesterdays
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
He looks like Ron Perlman and A Martinez forced together
A rainy song perfectly to dance alone.. with the moon
Ruhunu satan kadın'da dinlediğim ve beğendiğim bir şarkısın sen ❤
I thought this song would be perfect for a full October moon. Brings back a lot of memories from the first time I heard it in the 70's. Happy times...good memories. ...come schemers and dancers ...let's go get drunk on the moon.
I love this !
roschach
mind ilyenek vagyunk, Waiits kicsit jobb
javít roschach
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Me encanta esta canción, la escucho casi todas las noches.
And I'm blinded by the neon.
Possibly my favourite song of all time.
This is the music I wish I had found a long time ago
He is definitely a genius One of the all time greats!! I wonder if he really drinks or not?
He used to, but he's been dry for over 25 years...
One day I didn’t get drunk and do something that actually didn’t happen and I just listened to this really good song
Simply amazing
I don't know how to love this more. It makes me feel pathetic wanting this to relate to my midwestern life more than it does. I have seen the other side and I want to be part of it.
sometime before he swallowed a coal furnace
Do you think he’s referring to being on psychedelics? “I’m blinded by the neon” pretty self explanatory, “don’t try and change my tune” so he’s consciousness is altered and he wants to stay in that state, “I thought I heard a saxophone” hallucinations, “I’m drunk on the moon” so in other words he’s not sober and feels like he’s in space. I dunno I might be completely wrong but thought it makes sense. Some of the imagery like describing the road as a “serpent” is akin to a lot of people’s descriptions of psychedelics.
Fuckin' finally. Thought I'd never find a song to help me get to the bottom of a bottle of seagrams after a long day of hating myself. Thanks, Tom :D
Un maestro
Kind of sound like audio slaves lead singer