Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)
Tom Waits * Track #1 On Small Change
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Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) by Tom Waits
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The opening track off of what many consider Waits' masterpiece, Small Change
Bones Howe, the album’s producer, recalls when Waits first came to him with the song:
“He said the most wonderful thing about writing that song. He went down and hung around on skid row in L.A. because he wanted to get st...
Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did
Got what I paid for now
See ya tomorrow, hey Frank can I borrow
A couple of bucks from you?
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me
[Verse 2]
I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley
And I'm tired of all these soldiers here
No one speaks English and everything's broken
And my Stacys are soaking wet
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
[Verse 3]
Now the dogs are barking and the taxi cab's parking
A lot they can do for me
I begged you to stab me, you tore my shirt open
And I'm down on my knees tonight
Old Bushmill's I staggered,you buried the dagger
Your silhouette window light
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me
[Verse 4]
Now I lost my Saint Christopher now that I've kissed her
And the one-armed bandit knows
And the maverick Chinaman and the cold-blooded signs
And the girls down by the strip-tease shows
Go, waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me
[Verse 5]
No, I don't want your sympathy
The fugitives say that the streets aren't for dreaming now
Manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories
They want a piece of the action anyhow
Go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me
[Verse 6]
And you can ask any sailor and the keys from the jailor
And the old men in wheelchairs know
That Matilda's the defendant, she killed about a hundred
And she follows wherever you may go
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me
[Verse 7]
And it's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace
And a wound that will never heal
No prima donna, the perfume is on
An old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey
And goodnight to the street sweepers
The night watchman flame keepers and goodnight to Matilda too
Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) Q&A
Who wrote Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)'s ?
Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) was written by Tom Waits.
Who produced Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)'s ?
Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) was produced by Bones Howe.
When did Tom Waits release Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)?
Tom Waits released Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) on Mon Oct 18 1976.
What did Tom Waits say about "Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)"?
This song was inspired by Waits' meeting with Danish musician Mathilde Bondo; during a live performance in Sydney, Australia in May 1979, Waits said about the song’s origin:
I met this girl named Matilda. And uh, I had a little too much to drink that night. This is about throwing up in a foreign co...