Tom Waits - “Burma-Shave“ (Live in Paris, 1979)

Tom Waits performs “Burma-Shave“ from the album ’Foreign Affairs’ live at Theatre De L’Empir in Paris, France on May 06, 1979. Purchase & Stream:: Listen To The Full Album: LYRICS Licorice tattoo turned a gun metal blue Scrawled across the shoulders of a dying town Took the one eyed jacks across the railroad tracks And the scar on its belly pulled a stranger passing through He’s a juvenile delinquent never learned how to behave But the cops would never think to look in Burma-Shave And the road was like a ribbon and the moon was like a bone He didn’t seem to be like any guy she’d ever known He kind of looked like Farley Granger with his hair slicked back She says I’m a sucker for a fella in a cowboy hat How far are you going? Said Depends on what you mean He says I’m only stopping here to get some gasoline I guess I’m going thataway