Tom Waits – Table Top Joe (Guitar)

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Well my mama didn't want me

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On the day I was born

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I was born without a body

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I got nothing but scorn

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But I always loved music

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All I had was my hands

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I dreamed I'd be famous

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And I'd work at The Sands

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Singing, Tabletop Joe,

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Tabletop Joe

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Now everyone will know

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That I'm Tabletop Joe

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I had trouble with the pedals

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But I had a strong left hand

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And I could play Stravinsky

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On a baby grand

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I said, I'm gonna join the circus

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Cause that's where I belong

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So I went to Coney Island

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I was singing this song

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Tabletop Joe,

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Tabletop Joe

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Now everyone knows

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Yeah I'm Tabletop Joe

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They gave me top billing

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In the Dreamland show

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I had my own orchestra

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Starring Tabletop Joe

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And the man without a body

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Proved everyone wrong

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I was rich and I was famous

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I was where I belonged, yeah

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Tabletop Joe,

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Tabletop Joe

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Now everyone knows, yeah

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Tabletop Joe