Tom Waits - "If I Have To Go"

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"If I Have To Go" by Tom Waits from the album 'Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards'
Lyrics
If I have to go will you remember me
will you find someone else while I'm away
there's nothing for me in this world full of strangers
it's all someone else's idea
I don't belong here and you can't go with me
you'll only slow me down
until I send for you don't wear your hair that way
if you cannot be true I'll understand
tell all the others you'll hold in your arms
that I said I'd come back for you
I'll leave my jacket to keep you warm
that's all that I can do
if I have to go will you remember me
will you find someone else while I'm away
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[@tuckergiberson2482]

This one really cuts deep

[@joedrew9418]

This song actually brings tears to my eyes

[@rustymuller926]

We all cried out for Alice!

[@PlayNiceFolks]

I haven't had a good cry in a while, till just a few hours ago. Crying feels like throwing up after a night of medium drinking alcohol.

[@PlayNiceFolks]

It feels good to cry, it can reset things

[@gvantsagett1878]

the earth is not my home, I'm just passing by ❤️

[@ely_oh]

You got to come on up to the house...

[@XShollaj]

Tom waits - the greatest artist of our time

[@lenacohen8913]

One of the greatest. The greatest was Leonard Cohen, but Tom comes pretty close to him...

[@rrrock]

@@lenacohen8913 Well sure, he's what, your dad? Cousin? Uncle? Seriously, I like LC the man, but the music doesn't touch Tom, IMHO.

[@lenacohen8913]

@@rrrock that's your opinion, obviously you don't know LC that good, but I'm fine with it. So let's agree to disagree, ok?

[@rrrock]

@@lenacohen8913 What the hell are you talking about? I know him perfectly well. I could tell you why I don't think he stands up to Tom Waits but music is subjective, so why do you care? Why make the comment comparing him to Tom Waits under a Tom Waits video? Cohen's lyrics are sometimes lovely, sometimes self-important and pretentious. His melodies are occasionally memorable, but more often awkward and/or perfunctory and/or dull. I've heard him in some interviews and like Cohen the man very much. Let it alone and have a laugh at my joke about him being related to you. Do it now! Laugh!

[@Nate-cg9mm]

@Lena Cohen he said one of the greatest, not the greatest. And Uncle Leonard is not on Tom Waits level. Maybe more popular but not better in any way. Tired of Cohen fans starting trouble in the comment section of Tom Waits songs lol. Psshh FOH 🎩👑

[@dementor6679]

"There is nothing for me in this world full of strangers, it's all someone else's idea." - Words so simple but so true 😪

[@craigmclean8260]

Ow, ow, ow! But it hurts so good...

[@Krymestone]

No one comes close to touching the heart strings like Ol Tom. This and “Take it With Me”, “Martha”….”Lonely”. He corners the market.

[@tedmohr6353]

Waits can take you places few want to go to, he understands how it can be

[@dmlevitt]

this world full of strangers

[@koo1965sh]

my king of sadness

[@sclogse1]

This came to me while shaving. By the time my mind got to that certain part, my eyes teared up. And then... There's nothing for me, in this world full of strangers...it's all someone elses idea..."

[@jorgegoncalves5916]

Un chef d´oeuvre d´amour, réalité et tristesse! Le grand Tom Waits... Merci!

[@jordanlindsay580]

So glad i watched the documentary Streetwise and heard this song in the trailer Tom Waits is so underated

[@nancydelaney2066]

He is such a sweetie❤

[@brezepojeleberze]

Beautiful

[@ptc8819]

Every time I felt hurt and low, I come here. What's the meaning of life if being alive is nothing but feeling pain and misery?

[@MitchellMaichak-ze7mr]

We are here to learn that what we are looking for , what we truly need , can only be found in heaven !!!

[@rusudankhorbaladze7651]

💚💚💚💚

[@cyberpunkworld]

Was this song made specifically about myself? :))

[@applepie80]

No.

[@ememka1986]

It's just ... Tom Waits!