Tom Waits - "Who Are You This Time"

[@lovetheallbeautiful]

One of those songs... after thirty years... always cry. Pure beautiful. Eternal.

[@leem7393]

Often come back to this album and especially this song. One of the most imaginative and profound songwriters imo.

[@lightaces]

The wild thing about Tom Waits is, if you listen to interviews with him, he just talks like that. You would be excused for thinking his lyrics are the result of hours of hard labor, but it just falls out of his mouth fully formed like that. It’s amazing.

[@madisonh800]

And he paints such a picture with them

[@hippos_rock3855]

I wish I could have Tom’s mind for a day. It really is something incredible

[@andrewchard2488]

He is an artist in the true sense, so as art the song is subjective to each person

[@aaronlane8405]

Yup, I may be wrong but I think Step Right Up was adlibbed

[@ApotropaicV]

I fell asleep. Be smart or gone.

[@HistoryNerd8765]

Heart-breaking. Absolutely heart-breaking.

[@tyrondardizian6711]

They're lining up To mad dog your tilta whirl 3 shots for a dollar Win a real live doll All the lies that you tell I believed them so well, Take them back, Take them back to your red house For that fearful leap into the dark I did my time In the jail of your arms Now Ophelia wants to know Where she should turn Tell me... What did you do, What did you do the last time? Why don't you do that Go on ahead and take this the wrong way Time's not your friend Do you cry, Do you pray Do you wish them away Do you still leave nothing But bones in the way? Did you bury the carnival Lions and all Excuse me while I sharpen my nails And just who are you this time? You look rather tired Are you pretending to love Well, I hear that it pays well How do your pistol and your Bible and Your sleeping pills go. Are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes? Well I fell in love With your sailor's mouth and your wounded eyes. You better get down on the floor Don't you know this is war Tell me who are you this time? Tell me who are you this time?

[@markolson7997]

Cuts right to the bone. Every single time I hear it.

[@pierre-bernardelsig9998]

Thank you Katherine Brennan (cowriterin) for being with him for a second time in this record

[@MrMitchb6]

Honestly we have so much to thank Kathleen Brennan for.

[@AnnaSavelxeva]

Одна из любимых песен на все времена...❤❤❤

[@krismckusick8128]

I’m me & a Tom Waits fan☝️🇺🇸✝️

[@concars1234]

Beautiful songwriting.

[@mauditanglais2510]

Thanks Tom, I love this.

[@straightcashhomey1261]

‘Are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes’ are probably my favorite lyrics ever

[@redadamearth]

His wife, Kathleen Brennan never gets enough credit for co-writing his songs. Some of the best lines in his songs are hers.

[@beachcomber4141]

Is that right? "Jumping out of windows in expensive clothes" kills me every time I hear it or think of it.

[@MichaelSheffield-ox8yd]

Yep, she knew what she had. Used him well. I used to make love to my trannie girlfriend in Hawaii to this song, to this album. It is an impossibly long tale. She killed herself at the end. Too long... good night. Get down on the floor!

[@hopelove6658]

By God.

[@christianbradfordsmith7480]

Super job..mrs waits..superb writing? How do you do it..xo

[@clumsydad7158]

fantastic

[@MAllen-ng8pl]

This could have come off “greetings from asbury park” in 1973.

[@stephanieramirez4770]

Who are you Right Now Thomas...? Your songs have never been more precient, mon ami! The Humans Died Screaming, while i lay dreaming...dreamin of you...

[@kalmia01]

How i feel all this now🤍

[@Prato321]

I’ve been a Waits fan my whole life. I’m having a little trouble deciphering the meaning of this song. May someone explain it to me?

[@kirstenbrodbeck-kenney5330]

I've always heard it as a person talking to an ex who's resurfaced. "All the lies that you tell, I believed them so well"; "Oh well, I did my time in the jail of your arms," etc.

[@honkmaster]

It's always sounded to me like a man struggling to see the person he once loved turn into something un-recognizable

[@hughtremontmontague1675]

"Are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes? Tell me who are you this time?" is the key in my opinion. Awakening from a dream once believed. Your turn...

[@Prato321]

I like these explanations. Thank you

[@madisonh800]

I think hes talking to a woman he used to love who broke his heart, she doesnt really love anyone, she just uses them up and leaves them, she was insecure & pretended to be someone she wasnt.maybe lol I love trying to decipher his songs

[@christianbradfordsmith7480]

Can I ever come out and say hello to the world? Xo

[@bobmathieson987]

Gold

[@batonbe1]

pardon me while i sharpen my nails. kkkk

[@hoedanook8181]

Jammie ....

[@alexmihalus7786]

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