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magdalen · 03-29-2006, 12:38 PM

For Frieda, one of my favorits:

Eyeball Kid, Tom Waits
Well, Zenora Bariella and Coriander Pyle
They had sixteen children in the usual style
They had a curio museum and they had no guile
All they ever wanted was a showbiz child

The seventh of December nineteen fortynine
They got what they’d been wishing for all of the time
He grew up in a trailer, by the time he was nine
He rolled off to join the circus, telling fortunes on the side
Hail, hail, The Eyeball Kid

Well, the first time I saw him was a Saigon jail
Cost me twentyseven dollars just to go his bail
I said your name will be in lights, and there’s no doubt
But you got to have a manager, that’s what it’s all about
Yeah, yeah, yeah

The people would point, the people would stare
I’ll always be here to protect you and to cut down on the glare
I know you can’t speak, I know you can’t sign
So cry right here on the dotted line
Hail, hail, The Eyeball Kid

Well, he was born without a body, not even a brow
I made the kid a promise, I made the kid a vow
He’s not conventionally handsome, he’ll never be tall
He said, ’All you got to do is book me into Carnegie Hall’

He’s just a little bitty thing, he’s just a little guy
But women go crazy for the big blue eye
How does he dream, how does he think
When he can’t even speak and he can’t even blink

I said: Hail, hail
The Eyeball Kid
Hail, hail
The Eyeball Kid
Hail, hail
Eyeball Kid

Give it up and throw me down a couple of quid
Everybody wants to see the Eyeball Kid
They say, how does he dream, how does he think
When he can’t even speak, and he can’t even blink
We’re all lost in the wilderness, we’re blind as can be
He came down to teach us how to really see
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

So give it up and throw me down a couple of quid
Everybody wants to see the Eyeball Kid
Give it up and throw me down a couple of quid
Everybody wants to see the Eyeball Kid
Give it up, give it up

Give it up and throw me down a couple of quid
Everybody will want to see the Eyeball Kid
Eyeball Kid
Eyeball Kid
Oh, Eyeball Kid

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03-29-2006, 12:38 PM	#16
magdalen OOwdevie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: rotterdam Posts: 1,455	For Frieda, one of my favorits: Eyeball Kid, Tom Waits Well, Zenora Bariella and Coriander Pyle They had sixteen children in the usual style They had a curio museum and they had no guile All they ever wanted was a showbiz child The seventh of December nineteen fortynine They got what they’d been wishing for all of the time He grew up in a trailer, by the time he was nine He rolled off to join the circus, telling fortunes on the side Hail, hail, The Eyeball Kid Well, the first time I saw him was a Saigon jail Cost me twentyseven dollars just to go his bail I said your name will be in lights, and there’s no doubt But you got to have a manager, that’s what it’s all about Yeah, yeah, yeah The people would point, the people would stare I’ll always be here to protect you and to cut down on the glare I know you can’t speak, I know you can’t sign So cry right here on the dotted line Hail, hail, The Eyeball Kid Well, he was born without a body, not even a brow I made the kid a promise, I made the kid a vow He’s not conventionally handsome, he’ll never be tall He said, ’All you got to do is book me into Carnegie Hall’ He’s just a little bitty thing, he’s just a little guy But women go crazy for the big blue eye How does he dream, how does he think When he can’t even speak and he can’t even blink I said: Hail, hail The Eyeball Kid Hail, hail The Eyeball Kid Hail, hail Eyeball Kid Give it up and throw me down a couple of quid Everybody wants to see the Eyeball Kid They say, how does he dream, how does he think When he can’t even speak, and he can’t even blink We’re all lost in the wilderness, we’re blind as can be He came down to teach us how to really see Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah So give it up and throw me down a couple of quid Everybody wants to see the Eyeball Kid Give it up and throw me down a couple of quid Everybody wants to see the Eyeball Kid Give it up, give it up Give it up and throw me down a couple of quid Everybody will want to see the Eyeball Kid Eyeball Kid Eyeball Kid Oh, Eyeball Kid