I Danced Along A Colored Wind

Tom Waits: Singapore


we sail tonight for Singapore
we're all as mad as hatters here
i've fallen for a tawny moor
took off to the Land of Nod
drank with all the chinamen
walked the sewers of Paris
i danced along a colored wind
dangled from a rope of sand
you must say goodbye to me

we sail tonight for Singapore
don't fall asleep while you're ashore
cross your heart and hope to die
when you hear the children cry
let marrow bone and cleaver choose
while making feet for children's shoes
through the alley back from Hell
when you hear that steeple bell
you must say goodbye to me.

wipe him down with gasoline
till his arms are hard and mean
from now on boys
this iron boat's your home
so heave away boys




we sail tonight for Singapore
take your blankets from the floor
wash your mouth out by the door
the whole town is made of iron ore
every witness turns to steam
they all become Italian dreams
fill your pockets up with earth
get yourself a dollar's worth
away boys, away boys, heave away

the captain is a one-armed dwarf
he's throwing dice along the wharf
in the land of the blind,
the one-eyed man is King
so take this ring




we sail tonight for Singapore
we're all as mad as hatters here
i've fallen for a tawny moor
took off to the Land of Nod
drank with all the chinamen
walked the sewers of Paris
i danced along a colored wind
dangled from a rope of sand
you must say goodbye to me

--Tom Waits
Singapore

Tom Waits: Children's Story


PILGRIM ABOVE HERMIT GORGE
COMANCHE POINT WITH WAYFARER ON CARDENAS BUTTE
VISHNU TEMPLE AND NOMADS ENTERING HANCE CANYON
WOTANS THRONE FROM TONTO / SOUTH KAIBAB TRAIL JUNCTION
SOME GUY STARING AT VISHNU TEMPLE FROM CAPE FINAL