Tom Waits - "Take It With Me"

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"Take It With Me" by Tom Waits from the album 'Mule Variations'
Lyrics
Phone's off the hook
No one knows where we are
It's a long time since I
Drank champagne
The ocean is blue
As blue as your eyes
I'm gonna take it with me
When I go
Old long since gone
Now way back when
we lived in Coney Island
Ain't no good thing
ever dies
I'm gonna take it with me
when I go
Far far away a train
whistle blows
Wherever you're goin
Wherever you've been
Waving good bye at the end
of the day
You're up and you're over
and you're far away
Always for you, and
forever yours
It felt just like the old days
we fell asleep
on Beaula's porch
I'm gonna take it with me
when I go
All broken down by
the side of the road
I was never more alive or
Alone
I've worn the faces off
all the cards
I'm gonna take it with me
when I go
Children are playing
at the end of the day
Strangers are singing
on our lawn
It's got to be more
than flesh and bone
All that you've loved
is all you own
In a land there's a town
and in that town there's
A house
and in that house
there's a woman
and in that woman
there's a heart I love
I'm gonna take it
with me when I go
I'm gonna take it
with me when I go.
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[@jf8375]

This is one of those songs that the older I get, the more I relate to it. It always makes me cry, yet it’s somehow comforting.

[@samuraifore4400]

I'm going to take this song with me when I go.

[@woesis]

Apparently Alan Rickman did so, too. He personally requested it for his memorial.

[@Michael-ns1ey]

Beautiful song. I always liked how the mechanics of the piano can be heard, not just the notes. Makes it more beautiful somehow, especially at the end.

[@ThisBullsh1tAgain]

Listened to this after my cat died back in 2022. Cried quite a lot

[@TheBabadook616]

His voice is like the comfiest blanket you'll ever own

[@rainers.2080]

All that you've loved is all you own.

[@suzanneolivar1]

Listening to this song fills an emptiness in my heart. It always makes me cry, but I cherish it like the memory of a long lost love.

[@elhorrendo7026]

I feel the same. Ol' Tommy's getting on. But I don't want him to leave us. He still has so much creativity in him. The world will lose a true treasure of humanity when he goes.

[@-jq8gt]

Yes, exactly. There are few truly heartbreaking songs in the world. This is undeniably one of them.

[@cachaslokas]

Same here, dear.

[@kentborges5114]

WHEN I GO I'M TAKING MY TOM WAITS COLLECTION WITH ME. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM.

[@danilondon6708]

In a land there's a woman, And in that woman there's a heart...

[@alemar9]

One of the best combination of lyrics ever. The entire song is the best of the best. Damn I love Tom Waits.

[@pierre-franktherrien7995]

One of the best song by Tom. Period.

[@lisaswift9122]

Can’t imagine anyone who deserves the best than you yesterday still will always impress me a head at a most important table

[@NIMBY470]

Much like tasting truly good champagne. Tom is an aquired taste. Old school...

[@svenfrhlich7304]

Probably my favourite among many of his beautiful songs.

[@evanyberg6137]

Wonderful! I just love him and his Voice!🥰

[@kamilla1960]

Such a great, great album.

[@tomstanfield5322]

You can't help but love this song.

[@magmaestudiosFraiman]

always make me cry this tune. thanks Tom.

[@sorinasandru8423]

Poetry and love...

[@fensamper8327]

Warms my heart

[@lorih620]

Woke up this morning with this lyric in my head and it brought me here. Thanks for posting.

[@michaeldempsey5273]

Damn. That's all. . . Just damn

[@user-vl1ox4gy4r]

Одна из любимых песен на все времена... Когда мне плохо, она очень помогает. Спасибо, Том.❤

[@mauditanglais2510]

Magnificent ! Thankyou Tom

[@kentborges5114]

The paint is rolling off the wall...LOVE IT !

[@TheGenreman]

This song always gets me

[@BondedMusic]

A real beauty this

[@maximpopov8651]

Genius 💙

[@garygood8233]

Tears,,,,.

[@marcofiorentini4939]

....tears...

[@onemillionthtry]

Tears.

[@CAST13L]

"It's a long time since I drank champagne" - it may not have an exact meaning. but still, so clear, straight forward, punchy understandable, it is scary :|

[@CAST13L]

​@@speedweasel I'm sorry, i should have said it clearer and more correctly. I meant that line as a symbolic phrase that means the long absent of any happiness. Thanks for the heads up.

[@moroper8074]

It's a quote by Anton Checkov.

[@gn4085]

Chekhov's last words

[@erictallant4965]

Always pulls the waterworks outta me.

[@user-po9eb6th6e]

그립고 보고싶구나.

[@julieswiss1]

💜

[@janicechan9664]

Alan Rickman's funeral music. 😭 Love u.

[@zuzanasmetanova1374]

💔💔

[@nelsonlugo45]

He killed at the Beacon, Manhattan. Wonder if you were there that night?

[@caiocesarlizdesouza9238]

😢...

[@russellrenka7896]

I want this on my epitaph.

[@lenalennon8746]

💗

[@moroper8074]

I like the Anton Chekhov reference.

[@martine.210]

Can you explain? Not familiar with his work.

[@moroper8074]

It's a long time since I drank champagne

[@cachaslokas]

As to my knowledge, my dad used to love him, James Taylor and Frank Zappa...

[@cheyennebrennan966]

This was Alan Rickman's favourite song. ❤❤❤

[@zuzanasmetanova1374]

💔💔

[@patricksimpson1173]

Lindsey, what I will take with me is my comment you can’t seem to figure out how to leave!

[@Grandmaster-Kush]

Take me to that house tom

[@jluther1755]

Tom Legand

[@nelsonlugo45]

and this one is first cousin to a randy newman tune

[@IronBallsMcGuinty]

Texas girl at the funeral of her father?