Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
This song is about a ‘greasy spoon’ diner during graveyard shift hours. Greasy spoon diners are old-school, cheap, usually open 24/7 and offer surprisingly good food (usually because of the chefs using a lot of butter, oils, and fats – hence the ‘greasy’ connotation). The song features poetry by Wai...
[Verse 1]
Nighthawks at the diner of Emma's Forty-Niner
There's a rendezvous of strangers around the coffee urn tonight
All the gypsy hacks and the insomniacs
Now the paper's been read, now the waitress said
[Chorus]
"Eggs and sausage and a side of toast
Coffee and a roll, hash browns over easy
Chili in a bowl with burgers and fries
What kind of pie? Yeah"
[Verse 2]
It's a graveyard charade, it's a late shift masquerade
And it's two for a quarter, dime for a dance
Woolworth's rhinestone diamond earrings and a sideways glance
Now the register rings, now the waitress sings
[Chorus]
"Eggs and sausage and a side of toast
Coffee and a roll, hash browns over easy
Chili in a bowl with burgers and fries
What kind of pie? Yeah"
[Verse 3]
Now well, the classified section offers no direction
It's a cold caffeine in a nicotine cloud
Now the touch of your fingers lingers burning in my memory
I've been eighty-sixed from your scheme
Now I'm in a melodramatic nocturnal scene
Now I'm a refugee from a disconcerted affair
Now the lead pipe morning falls, now the waitress calls
[Chorus]
"Eggs and sausage, another side of toast
Coffee and a roll, hash browns over easy
Chili in a bowl with burgers and fries
Now what kind of pie?"
[Outro]
À la mode if you will
Just come in and join the crowd
Had some time to kill, yeah
You see, I just come in to join the crowd
Had some time to kill
Just come in to join the crowd
'Cause I had some time to kill
Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson) was written by Tom Waits.
Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson) was produced by Bones Howe.
Tom Waits released Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson) on Tue Oct 21 1975.