Tom Waits - Fannin Street (Knoxville - 06/29/08) lyrics

(Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan) There's a crooked street in Houston town It's a well worn path I've followed down Now, there's ruin in my name I wish Id never got off the train I wished I'd listened to the words you said Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street You'll be lost and never found You can never turn around Don't go down to Fannin Street Once I held you in my arms I was sure Til I took that silent stare through the gilded door But the desire to have much more All the glitter and the roar Now I know this is where the sidewalk ends Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street You'll be lost and never found You can never turn around Don't go down to Fannin Street When I was young I thought only of getting out I said good-bye to my street, good-bye to my house Give a man gin, give a man cards Give an inch, he takes a yard And I rue the day that I stepped off this train Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street You'll be lost and never found You can never turn around Don't go down to Fannin Street