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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Depot, Depot Lyrics

Tom Waits

Depot, depot, what am I doing here?
Depot, depot, what am I doing here?
I aint coming, I aint going
My confusion is showing
Outside the midnight wind is blowing sixth avenue
Im gonna paint myself blue
At the depot
I watch the taxis pull up and idle
I cant claim title to a single memory
He offered me a key
cause opportunity dont knock
He has no tongue and she cannot talk
Youre gonna shuffle when you walk
At the depot
This peeping-tom needs a peephole
And an uptempo song
To move me along
When I find this depot baby
Im on a roll just like a pool ball baby
Im gonna be there at the roll call maybe
At the depot
Outside the midnight wind is blowing sixth avenue
Oh, tell me what a poor boy to do
At the depot
Im on a roll just like a pool ball baby
Im gonna be there at the roll call maybe
At the depot
The depot