A Little Rain

(tom waits/k. brennan)

The ice man's mule is parked
Outside the bar
Where a man with missing fingers
Plays a strange guitar
And the german dwarf
Dances with the butcher's son
And a little rain never hurt no one
And a little rain never hurt no one

They're dancing on the roof
And the ceiling's coming down
I sleep with my shovel and my leather gloves
A little trouble makes it worth the going
And a little rain never hurt no one

The world is round
And so i'll go around
You must risk something that matters
My hands are strong
I'll take any man here
If it's worth the going
It's worth the ride

She was 15 years old
And never seen the ocean
She climbed into a van
With a vagabond
And the last thing she said
Was, "i love you mom."

And a little rain
Never hurt no one
And a little rain
Never hurt no one

Albums

Rain & Thunder
The Soul Tops

Dragon Weapon / Pretty Blue Eyes
Don Drummond

Sunrise
Eta Carina (2)

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Various

Cold In A Warm Climate
Paparazzi (3)

Rude Boy Medly
Jigsy King

MCB
MCB (5)

Merrittorious Action (New Orleans Jazzoetry)
Professor Arturo

In Chicago
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet

Stormy Weather / Here Is Why I Love You
The Spaniels

Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester Nr. 1 B-moll Op.23
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

RPA
RPA (2)

External comments

GREG FREEMANSay what you will about his singing voice but there is no denying his ability to write songs that evoke such haunting images in your mind. They were oftentimes weird but never in a sinister way, sometimes sad but not depressing. His songs are like short stories that just drop you into this world for a brief period of time and introduces its characters, the broken and damaged but somehow heroic for their experiences. There are a few performers I wish I could see live and Tom Waits is very high on that list. When Terry Gilliam was casting someone to play the devil in his film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus who better to play the part than Tom.Waits. He was the only reason to watch the film.

TangleIt's sep 22 2021, I wasn't even sure why I looked this up but I soon realised. Such a sad world sometimes. ❤️????

Heather Mason1:55 Oh poor Mary Bellows

Paula BrownWishing men with dark intentions would leave little girls alone.

Roger FreemanWho's here because they're reading Jordan Peterson's 'Beyond Order'?

e-male Bakabanashe was fifteen years old and she never ‘ve seen the ocean, i love you Tom

samuelbrobertsWhat mother in their right mind would let their 15 year old daughter climb into a van with a vagabond though?

Patrick HinesHe won a grammy for this

Nick SpenceBone Machine paints such a bizarre picture in my head, but I think this song is my favorite on the album because it ties that whole image together for me. The rest of the album is this gritty, violent, rusty, mud-stained experience that makes you think of this miserable place that's trapped in the past. A place where depression and misery are just how things go. But this song cuts to the core of it. As long as there are people misery will have to share space with human qualities. Singing, dancing, love, and adventure. So long as there are people these things will never go away. Even if its a bunch of misfits outside an old bar waiting for the rain to die down.