Tom Waits - Goodnight Loving Trail lyrics

This is a song about Utah Phillips, the golden voice of the great South-West And it's about a, it's about a, like a cook on a wagon train, you know And they used to call 'em "The Old Woman" Oh hush up now, I'm trying to sing this damn thing now (Alright here we go) I ain't going to open the show tonight This is Utah Phillips, the golden voice of the great South-West And it's about the cook on a wagon train And they used to call them "Woman"; they called 'em "Old Woman" You see, they can't work anymore and they can't ride so it's kinda like, eh, Charlie Wooster They give him an apron and always got a five O'clock shadow and they just wop up a good??? Mess of fiddles??? And eh, this is called "The Goodnight Loving Trail" witch is a eh, an old cattle trail named after mister Goodnight and mister Lovin' You're too old to wrangle, ride in the swing You beat the triangle and you curse everything You know if dirt were a kingdom, you would be a king On the Goodnight Trail, on the Loving Trail Our Old Woman, she's lonesome tonight And your French harp is crying just like a low bawling calf It's a wonder the wind don't tear off your skin Get in there and blow out the light Ah the cooks fire's out, the coffee's all gone Now the Ol' Boys are up and they're raising the dawn And you're sitting there; you're lost in a song On the Goodnight Trail, on the Loving Trail Our Old Woman is lonesome tonight Now your French harp is crying just like a low bawling calf It's a wonder the wind don't tear off your skin Get in there and blow out the light Oh your snake oil, your herbs and your liniments too You can do anything that a doctor can do Well except find a cure for your own goddamn stew On the Goodnight Trail, on the Loving Trail Our Old Woman is lonesome tonight And your French harp is crying just like a low bawling calf It's a wonder the wind don't tear off your skin Well get in there and blow out the light Someday, I know, I'll be just the same And I'll be wearing an apron instead of a name Now no-one can change it no-one's to blame 'Cause the dessert's a book written in lizards and sage You know it's easy to look just like an old torn out page You're all faded and cracked with the colours of age On the Goodnight Trail, on the Loving Trail Our Old Woman is lonesome tonight And your French harp is crying like a low bawling calf It's a wonder the wind don't tear off your skin Get on in there and blow out the light Goodnight All for, primarily for the benefit of the radio listening audience I'm gonna launch into a, little bit of Metropolitan double talk. It, I did in the last set, I, so this is a, this is gonna go out on the air this evening and eh, so I'm gonna do a little piece called "Diamonds On My Windshield", And eh, it's about driving in a, well, this particular time was a 1955 Buick Roadmaster and eh, oh some say it was just about as slick as deer guts on a doorknob that old car. Had a gold metal flat top, it was a two tone blue. And the guy that sold it to me lived in Ma**achusetts, he was moving back to Ma**achusetts and he couldn't take the thing with him 'cause he didn't think it would make it. Come to think, I, I, I drove it for about 4000 miles, pumped about 2500 into it, sold it for 1250, so... It held up under the strain and eh, and eh... So this is about driving in the rain and eh...