Tom Waits - TANGO ’TIL THEY’RE SORE - San Remo (live) 1986

Tom Waits sings TANGO ’TIL THEY’RE SORE, recorded live at San Remo Festival, November 22, 1986, Club Tenco, Teatro Ariston, San Remo Italy. Greg Cohen on upright bass. Aired on Italian television by RAI DUE. LYRICS: When I play that tarantella, the hounds will start to roar The boys all go to hell and then the Cubans hit the floor They drive along the pipeline, they tango ’til they’re sore They take apart their nightmares and they leave them by the door I’ll crawl out of the window with confetti in my hair Deal out Jacks or Better on a blanket by the stairs I’ll tell you all my secrets, but I lie about my past And send me off to bed for evermore Just make sure they play my theme song I guess daisies will have to do Just get me to New Orleans And paint shadows on the pews Cut me a switch or hold your breath ’til the sun goes down Write my name on the hood, send me off to another town, And I’ll crawl out of the window with confetti in m