Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Waits wrote “Depot Depot” after moving to the Los Angeles area. As he mentioned on a 1973 radio interview:
A little bluesy thing about the Greyhound Bus Depot downtown, it’s funny, not many people go to downtown LA, Free Press did a big article called “Downtown LA, Who Needs It?”. I’ve been going t...
[Intro]
Depot, depot, what am I doing here?
Depot, depot, what am I doing here?
[Verse 1]
I ain't coming, I ain't going, my confusion is showing
And outside the midnight wind is blowing Sixth Avenue
I'm gonna paint myself blue
At the depot
[Verse 2]
I watch the taxis pull up and idle, I can't claim title
To a single memory, you offered me a key
'Cause opportunity don't knock, has no tongue as you cannot talk
You're gonna shuffle when you walk
At the depot
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
This peeping Tom needs a peephole
And an up-tempo song to move me along
When I find this depot, baby
I'm on a roll just like a pool ball, baby
I'm gonna be there at the roll call, baby, at the depot
[Outro]
Outside the midnight wind is blowing, Sixth Avenue
Ah, tell me what is a poor boy to do
At the depot?
I'm on a roll just like a pool ball, baby
I'm gonna be there at the roll call, baby, at the depot
Depot
Depot, Depot was written by Tom Waits.
Depot, Depot was produced by Bones Howe.
Tom Waits released Depot, Depot on Tue Oct 15 1974.