Thomas Alan Waits(born December 7, 1949 in Pomona, California) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He started his career in the early 70s as a singer in dirty bars. Initially, he was deeply influenced by the beat generation (poets like Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs) He could not make a living from his music although he was well accepted by the critics. The people at that time didn't like his classical bar music, pre-rock and americanastyles reminiscent of musical genres of the 50s and 40s, such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville.
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A Little Rain Lyrics

Tom Waits

(tom waits/k. brennan)
The ice mans mule is parked
Outside the bar
Where a man with missing fingers
Plays a strange guitar
And the german dwarf
Dances with the butchers son
And a little rain never hurt no one
And a little rain never hurt no one
Theyre dancing on the roof
And the ceilings 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 Ill go around
You must risk something that matters
My hands are strong
Ill take any man here
If its worth the going
Its 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