9th & Hennepin by Tom Waits
9th & Hennepin by Tom Waits

9th & Hennepin

Tom Waits * Track #12 On Rain Dogs

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9th & Hennepin by Tom Waits

Release Date
Mon Sep 30 1985
Performed by
Tom Waits
Produced by
Tom Waits
Writed by
Tom Waits
About

A spoken word track off Waits' 80’s classic Rain Dogs. While this song’s titular location is in Minneapolis, Tom Waits has explained:

Most of the imagery is from New York. It’s just that I was on 9th and Hennepin years ago in the middle of a pimp war, and 9th and Hennepin always stuck in my mind. “...

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9th & Hennepin Annotated

Well, it's 9th and Hennepin
All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
And the moon's teeth marks are on the sky
Like a tarp thrown all over this
And the broken umbrellas like dead birds
The steam comes out of the grill
Like the whole goddamned town's ready to blow

And the bricks are all scarred with jailhouse tattoos
And everyone is behaving like dogs
And the horses are coming down Violin Road
And Dutch is dead on his feet
All the rooms, they smell like diesel
And you take on the dreams of the ones who've slept there

And I'm lost in the window
I hide on the stairway
And I hang in the curtain
And I sleep in your hat
And no one brings anything small into a bar around here
They all started out with bad directions
And the girl behind the counter has a tattooed tear
"One for every year he's away," she said
Such a crumbling beauty
Ah, there's nothing wrong with her $100 won't fix
She has that razor sadness that only gets worse
With the clang and the thunder of the Southern Pacific going by

And the clock ticks out like a dripping faucet
Till you're full of rag water, bitters and blue ruin
And you spill out over the side to anyone who'll listen

I've seen it all
I've seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train

9th & Hennepin Q&A

Who wrote 9th & Hennepin's ?

9th & Hennepin was written by Tom Waits.

Who produced 9th & Hennepin's ?

9th & Hennepin was produced by Tom Waits.

When did Tom Waits release 9th & Hennepin?

Tom Waits released 9th & Hennepin on Mon Sep 30 1985.

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