Tom Waits - "Cold Cold Ground"

[@piqle]

when i was younger i used to listen to this song thinking about how i'd feel when my grandpa passes away, and now that he actually has it hits even harder. RIP Julio

[@NormAppleton]

RIP Julio

[@piqle]

@@NormAppleton thank you, i don't think you realize how much getting notified for your comment meant to me just now

[@soiledfool8131]

Tom is one of those people that could explain a blade of grass and would have you in tears. I'm thankful to have had him for so many years.

[@christophermindle8915]

AND, that blade of grass would have your wallet empty and you wishing for one more hour with it.

[@NormAppleton]

He's amazingly not dead.

[@evanyurko3640]

My mom has been a Tom Waits fan for most of her life. I had heard a few of songs but didn’t really care for him. I heard this song yesterday and fell in love, immediately going back to his early stuff. Instant fan. I still don’t love his voice in the later years but songs like this are just so pure. Simply amazing

[@NormAppleton]

It's an aquired taste, once you get it, you love it.

[@sandamatic2834]

Look for the movie Smoke

[@mylulac]

What beautiful accordion in this song. No one else like Tom.

[@silkeden1]

You said it beautifully best. Love from Ohio!

[@GrantBlankenship]

The accordion is David Hidalgo of Los Lobos. He can play just about everything.

[@mylulac]

@@GrantBlankenship Oh yes, I've heard of Los Lobos, interesting, thanks for that info!

[@perspellman]

Cajun/TexMex style

[@NormAppleton]

Boys, advice. If you ever see a girl that plays an accordian, grab her.

[@kinseymilkbone]

The accordion part by David Hidalgo from Los Lobos always slays me.

[@dbradx]

David Hidalgo is ridiculously talented, and amazing to see live. Seeing him and Tom perform this would be awesome indeed.

[@vincepardi8553]

There is a sublime touch to his volume and pace on the accordion. An inspired performance.

[@nbierkens5417]

Yes 💝💝it’s amezing❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

[@MarieFerrand-e9r]

Moi aussi ça me tue la joyeuse mélancolie de l'accompagnement à l'accordéon

[@NormAppleton]

My first time in Mexico, mildly annoyed by Mariachi, a week later started to love it, flying home I came to miss it.

[@cearaz0]

Crestfallen sidekick in an old cafe Never slept with a dream before he had to go away There's a bell in the tower, Uncle Ray bought a round Don't worry 'bout the army in the cold, cold ground Cold, cold ground Cold, cold ground Cold, cold ground Now don't be a cry baby when there's wood in the shed There's a bird in the chimney and a stone in my bed When the road's washed out, we pass the bottle around And wait in the arms of the cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground There's a ribbon in the willow and a tire swing rope Oh, and a briar patch of berries takin' over the slope The cat'll sleep in the mailbox and we'll never go to town Till we bury every dream in the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground Give me a Winchester rifle and a whole box of shells Blow the roof off the goat barn, let it roll down the hill The piano is firewood, Times Square is a dream I find we'll lay down together in the cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground We'll call the cops on the Breedloves, bring a Bible and a rope And a whole box of Rebel and a bar of soap Make a pile of truck tires and burn 'em all down Bring a dollar with you, baby, in the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground Take a weathervane rooster, throw rocks at his head Stop talking to the neighbors until we all go dead Beware of my temper and the dog that I've found Break all the windows in the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground

[@gregcherechinsky8686]

Thank you

[@MassimilianoClementi]

Certo certo Is a Greta poiet

[@johntaylor1070]

Best Tom Waits song? Maybe? It's so simple, far from his weirdest or most unconventional, but somehow I just keep coming back to this one.

[@theherbpuffer]

The accordion hits different

[@johnflynn7035]

If this song works for you, then it is his best 👍

[@Mrguy45452]

It’s on my short list

[@booshank2327]

Music doesn't require that you rank it

[@NormAppleton]

Burma Shave

[@ncharles93666]

There's times when you know a song is needed by the pain it brings.

[@ApotropaicV]

I never stop being amazed by this piece. Even when I forget it (briefly) , it remembers me. It’s like your best friend. And you haven’t seen them for a year or four. And you worry that you or they won’t be the same. And then it’s even better. This song has been my best friend for 20 years.

[@howardcohen4845]

What a sound 👌

[@stevem.o.1185]

I remember a homeless drug dealer dragged us into his friend's New Orleans apartment back in 2009 just to play this song for us. My friend ended up drinking five four lokos, vomiting all over the place, and we had to drag his nasty naked body out of the place. Totally changed my appreciation of music. This song has such a special place in my heart.

[@domdigger5451]

That story is Tom Waits verified 😂

[@NormAppleton]

It's close, burma shave

[@nealanderson9719]

😂 That's beautiful

[@ObscenePlanet]

If you don't have this kind of Tom Waits story, you aren't doing it right

[@joshmill]

This is one of the most amazing stories I have ever heard. Thank you for making my night!

[@wthornton7346]

Simply beautiful.

[@Julian-sr9dg]

We all love this song and that's great.

[@nickjarzynski9203]

Been a Waits fan my entire life. My uncle got me into his music when I was a kid. I loved that they used this song in Homicide. Pembelton is struggling to get up the stairs after his stroke to the lyrics "I find we'll lay down together in the cold, cold ground." That's where Andre Braugher is now. RIP. Great song, great actor.

[@georgefraser7143]

A special special talent, just getting to know his music better, what a joy.

[@allywilkeforsenate]

One of my all time favorites.

[@Ghoulerie]

Such an amazing song.

[@samil5601]

I mean if this isn't the greatest song ever written, then I might just carry on with this bottle of whiskey.

[@davidmonroe4780]

Through the decades, Tom Waits is the man who consistently astonishes me with his music. Once he got past his jazz-trio fetish in the 70s, he's been golden.

[@kconetwothree6547]

God I love this song.

[@aligrim3027]

Lyrics: Crestfallen sidekick in an old cafe Never slept with a dream before he had to go away There's a bell in the tower, Uncle Ray bought a round Don't worry 'bout the army in the cold, cold ground Cold, cold ground Cold, cold ground Cold, cold ground Now don't be a cry baby when there's wood in the shed There's a bird in the chimney and a stone in my bed When the road's washed out, we pass the bottle around And wait in the arms of the cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground There's a ribbon in the willow and a tire swing rope Oh, and a briar patch of berries takin' over the slope The cat'll sleep in the mailbox and we'll never go to town Till we bury every dream in the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground Give me a Winchester rifle and a whole box of shells Blow the roof off the goat barn, let it roll down the hill The piano is firewood, Times Square is a dream I find we'll lay down together in the cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground We'll call the cops on the Breedloves, bring a Bible and a rope And a whole box of Rebel and a bar of soap Make a pile of truck tires and burn 'em all down Bring a dollar with you, baby, in the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground Take a weathervane rooster, throw rocks at his head Stop talking to the neighbors until we all go dead Beware of my temper and the dog that I've found Break all the windows in the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground

[@kinseymilkbone]

I think that it should be cattle, not cat'll.

[@robertbruce4618]

No it's cat. You can't fit a cow in a mailbox. And cows are so dumb, they will go anywhere you lead them, to wit town.

[@kennethschneiter8902]

Love me some Tom Waits

[@somchaichawuram8527]

If we would ever need an ambassador for when the aliens arrive, Tom Waits would be my choice.

[@sTelevision-um1vf]

I definitely second that

[@gregh4284]

he kind of reminds me of a troll lurking beneath a bridge.

[@sTelevision-um1vf]

@@gregh4284 I say more old Wiseman than discovered Marlboro reds and has had enough of the bullshit

[@gregh4284]

@@sTelevision-um1vf I don't understand your comment but for clarification, I like Tom Waits music.

[@bitty_beastly47]

That's a terrible idea

[@yetirobot4516]

If God has a wallet there is a picture of Tom Waits inside.

[@ApotropaicV]

Absolutely.

[@ApotropaicV]

That’s one of the best thoughts that I’ve heard for some time. Dude. Awesome.

[@breadboy2712]

Like if I had socks to wear, they be blowin off, already

[@gerostoumoria1717]

Whyyyy?

[@georgefraser7143]

Brilliant line sir. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mikekaup5252]

I had the intense pleasure of seeing Tom at the Paramount in Seattle in the seventies. If he ever tours again I. Will buy the first ticket.

[@ApotropaicV]

I’ll fight you for the first ticket! 😂

[@hugorrrl]

I heard this song in the movie "Leolo" and I had to look for it. I needed to know which song was and who was the singer. "Franks Wild Years" was the first CD I ever bought in Internet

[@thebadgerette69]

I heard it in the movie Domino, awesome!

[@bobsyouruncle5534]

One of the best songs I've heard0 And I heard a lot.

[@greenjay1043]

There's this lady who's almost 60 that I'm very close friends with who used to be the manager of a strip joint, she always has stories about her WW2 vet father and how he was capable of being both one of the most caring men in the world and a vile bastard to anybody who'd pose a threat to him or his own after the war ended. This song reminds me a lot of her stories

[@NormAppleton]

Don't worry about the arny

[@moniquelevesque1961]

I felt it

[@AbesOnAPlaneFilms]

"Beware of my temper and the dog that I've found" reminds me of my father

[@annialper8622]

The whole song reminds me of the place that I grew up. Tiny ass village of 800 ppl. Definitely a lot of people matching the description of your father.

[@jamesthomas4463]

🙏🏼 I hear you loud and clear 🙏🏼 Thank you my friends 🙏🏼 Sometimes I just need guidance from people I care about

[@ApotropaicV]

One of the top 5 best songs in the history of songs (songs exclude classical pieces). Actually, it might be a tie for first between this and Costello, “I Want you.” Fewer than 1000 like? Everyone is stupid. This is a miracle of mood, mind, and music,

[@rgball1960]

What a spot on observation ! And yes everyone is stupid including myself at times.

[@davidmonroe4780]

And Puccini? Dmitri Shostakovich?

[@ApotropaicV]

⁠@@davidmonroe4780I said that classical music was excluded. But, for the record, Shostakovich wouldn’t make a top 100 list…even exclusively classical. Shostakovich. 😂 How quality works: Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, Bach, Puccini, Verdi, Rachmaninoff, Haydn, Grieg, Elgar, Wagner. And if I’m honest: Mozart, Chopin, Tom Waits. Shostakovich 😂 Because of you, I self-correct. Shostakovich is pretty awesome, with back-up.

[@МихаилСергопольцев]

"СЫРАЯ ЗЕМЛЯ" Унылый приятель В старом кафе, В жизни снов не видал - Но вот в ящик сыграл… На башне - колокол тот, Что купил дядя Рэй Не спеши ты на фронт - Спи в сырой земле. Детка, не плачь - Есть дровишки в избе, Птица - в трубе, На могиле - плита В дождь и слякоть Ром ставят на стол они, И ждут в обьятиях Сырой земли. Здесь лента на иве И качели из шины, Шиповник расцвел Вдалеке от равнины, Кошка смяла все письма, Что прислали друзья, Скоро наши мечты поглотит Сырая земля. Дай мне винчестер, И весь арсенал, Снеси крышу сарая, Пошли всё к чертям, Пианино - лишь топливо, А Times Square - мечта, Нас двоих пусть укроет Сырая земля. Копов позови, Ярость припаси. Возьми библию и мыло, Петлю затяни, Сложи автошины в кучу - Пусть будут все в огне, Не забудь, доллар, детка, Когда будешь в сырой земле. Забросай камнями Флюгерного петушка, Не говори с соседями, Пока смерть не пришла, Опасайся меня И собаки на поводке Разбей все окна, В сырой земле.

[@robertbruce4618]

So, is this the translation into Russian? Super cool. I love looking at them side by side. Wish I knew more languages.

[@МатвейБалашов-ю7н]

Узнаю этот перевод. Строчки из этой песне в переводе есть в книге Метро2033:Питер. Блюз подчёркивает атмосферу тоски, особенно когда представляешь Питер, весь в руинах, абсолютно пустой. Классная песня

[@karenjoslyn4051]

I want this song on my wake playlist!!

[@michaelheath3062]

As well as “Dirt in the Ground” and “Come On Up to the House “ for mine

[@keiththomas3790]

what a songwriter....

[@huppithai]

great album great song

[@nelsonbengurion]

Just finished watching The Bureau, wonderful French series, can’t recommend it highly enough & the devastating ending played out to this song so had to look it up, as wonderful as the aforementioned series - almost

[@alexandras7856]

i hate that ending so much..

[@oliversmiddy840]

@@alexandras7856 Yeah it properly sucked. I really wish they'd make another series.

[@chrisw4329]

Closed out an episode of NYPD Blue in the mid-90s, made the scene.

[@sfcsaferfantasycrafting6782]

Got given this album by a friend in college. At the start I was thinking 'what is this discordant rubbish', but it grew on me and when this song started playing I was convinced he was a genius! - can't believe I'm only the 983rd person to like this

[@moniquelevesque1961]

Where does that poem come from?

[@marasoltanis3596]

BEAUTIFUL.!

[@D0nRidah]

le bureau des légendes ;-)

[@jjtinkler97]

Thats poetry baby.

[@sh230968]

What a talent Tom is. Makes you stop and think again and again. I wish he had produced his body of work largely in 60s and early 70s. He is great nevertheless.

[@ThomasMurphy-pe5tv]

My 1st Tom Waits Song ❤

[@RY-kd8vi]

Reminds of home in a mining town.

[@perspellman]

Just finished watching Le Bureau.

[@thomaswaits237]

Сразу ощущаю себя стариком в забытой деревне когда слышу этот мотив

[@georgepugh9863]

Me too, reads better in Russian however

[@tombrennan3973]

pure genius

[@michaelbejbl6048]

When the road's washed out we pass the bottle around...

[@strangersname]

Beware my temper and the dog I found

[@polaroidas]

when we were snowed in up in the mountain pass we passed the bottle arround

[@deasename5839]

Leolo Leozone! Such great storytelling!

[@yaelpalombo4093]

Meravigliosa♥️

[@polaroidas]

since i was 16, now i'm 41, it's my secret most beloved song.............

[@ApotropaicV]

Why is it a secret?

[@polaroidas]

'cuz it's somehow precious. it touches in a very intimate way ...😊...

[@horiadoroftei2689]

I don't usually leave the generic comment, but "Homicide: Life On The Street" brought me to this gem of a song. Great series and a great song. The man must have been drinking diesel fuel

[@NormAppleton]

Homicide Brings you to many things.

[@karenjoslyn4051]

Me too! When Frank Pemberton had his stroke, I think...

[@harrylime5249]

What a fcuking tune👏

[@devilshark6694]

this always reminds me of stand by me. 'when the night has come, and the land is dark'

[@Michael-j7w7i]

I actually put it in my will that this is the only song I want played at my funeral.

[@pangur780]

Theres rock jazz pop rap and theres tom waits

[@mikehertel7547]

Cold ground someone in 2024?

[@janschetters7720]

GREAT

[@mikmcd2075]

Tom, the other man !

[@belphegor9161]

Does the temperature of the ground matter? Yep, poetically it does. But the actual text is "run of the mill' Dylan of "Desolation row" pattern. Musically, I do like it though.

[@tattie278]

Bliss😊

[@GOTDRAGONS]

Check out Duane Peters cover of this song. It’s really well done. It’s slowed down and more calm and gives another vibe.

[@rolandtrefzer5017]

love this song..but was it inspired by Jimmy Jay's " run wild " ?

[@moniquelevesque1961]

I see my self in this poetry shy but choosing as well who I want to be with

[@ClintSlingerland]

Just listen pleaaaaaaaas !

[@johnhall2647]

And I've got a whole box of rounds. I need this song on my wake list

[@joahnamay8184]

this reminds me of Backwater Gospel animation...

[@artemstepanov5145]

Жесть и Мясо👍🥃

[@edwarddotson3626]

This is the song I want played at the conclusion of my death memorial.

[@scottiemyman52]

Ok Mitchell - we’ll all get together in the cold cold ground🙈😎

[@richardgonzales4815]

DESPENADA AHHHHAHHHAHHH!!!

[@inuyasha1528]

Heard this on an old nbc show respect to Homicide great show

[@erockelmtree7868]

Is a beautiful song. Like wade in the water for desert people

[@mitjayjshka]

Это просто отличная композиция! Если из за бюро - ответьте ))

[@mariuszolszewski5304]

beware of my temper and the dog that I found... this is so heart breaking...

[@dyalikedags]

This song needs to be 10 minutes long.

[@zaftra]

I was going to sneak attack my mum with headphones and Tom Waits playing. Every heard of Tom Waits? Yes, Asif, He has a gruff voice, he's good i like him. Nearly fell of my chair.

[@mac5046]

I heard this song in the movie Domino.

[@harrylime5249]

Everyone is genius these days, so they say’🙄‘they say’ it’s bandied about all the time, in reality there are no genius’es, except for this man. He picks you🤔 so count yourself lucky🤔 and don’t fcuking tell any1, they have to find out, all by themselves🤔

[@thomaswaits237]

Шедевр

[@trenthink]

Please play this at my wake, but afterwards, cremate me and toss my leftover bits in salty water to the tune of "The Ocean Doesn't Want Me Today."

[@georgepugh9863]

The real deal.

[@JakeSnake-wh5yu]

He played the madman in bram strokers Dracula

[@Mamlishways]

Makes me think of the greatest show on television ever. Homicide life on the street.

[@davegrant629]

Bring a bible and a rope.he.he.

[@chiapress7533]

🌹🎇🎶🌆🌄

[@richardbaldwin5699]

To round out this, I recommend a good whisky.

[@tingtong8781]

Well said sir!

[@domdigger5451]

If Tom Waits has a wallet there is a picture of God inside.

[@bearupthere]

If god has a wallet, there's a picture of Tom in it.

[@ercinico87]

Le Bureau 5x10

[@nelsonbengurion]

Me too - formidable

[@tomallen3046]

Always has been the best since the 70s. Small Change, Romeo is Bleeding , Blue Valentines, so many. Live on Tom

[@mordanthamster2753]

Is this an Atheist Hymn? Sounds like it to me. Love it.

[@michaelheath3062]

I’ve often referred to the song “Come on up to the House” from Mule Variations as a secular hymn. Fitting description of this ditty as well, I feel

[@atalantado]

Léolo Lozone. Parce que moi je rêve, moi je ne le suis pas...

[@jamesdavison8709]

David Hidalgo on accordion.

[@acehole8462]

I've got the Winchester

[@jjtinkler97]

Yeats would agree.

[@fluffymuzzy5270]

Метро 2033 - Питер.

[@МатвейБалашов-ю7н]

Тоже оттуда узнал о песне

[@VectorOfKnowledge]

Harris 2024!

[@qweqwqweqwe1592]

lvoely

[@michaellippert8347]

Anyone else's buzz killed?

[@hernanm6]

leolo ... leolo ...

[@DebraRobinson-m9c]

Yeah - another victim.

[@tattie278]

Bliss ☺️.

[@erikpetersen584]

Crestfallen sidekick in an old cafe Never slept with a dream before he had to go away There's a bell in the tower, Uncle Ray bought a round Don't worry 'bout the army in the cold, cold ground Cold, cold ground Cold, cold ground Cold, cold ground Now don't be a cry baby when there's wood in the shed There's a bird in the chimney and a stone in my bed When the road's washed out, we pass the bottle around And wait in the arms of the cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground There's a ribbon in the willow and a tire swing rope Oh, and a briar patch of berries takin' over the slope The cat'll sleep in the mailbox and we'll never go to town Till we bury every dream in the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground Give me a Winchester rifle and a whole box of shells Blow the roof off the goat barn, let it roll down the hill The piano is firewood, Times Square is a dream I find we'll lay down together in the cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground The cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground We'll call the cops on the Breedloves, bring a Bible and a rope And a whole box of Rebel and a bar of soap Make a pile of truck tires and burn 'em all down Bring a dollar with you, baby, in the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground Take a weathervane rooster, throw rocks at his head Stop talking to the neighbors until we all go dead Beware of my temper and the dog that I've found Break all the windows in the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground In the cold, cold ground