Song Lyrics Waits Tom - The One That Got Away    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> W>> Waits Tom Singer Lyrics [Waits Tom other resources]>> The One That Got Away Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Waits Tom Music Title/Track: The One That Got Away Theme ID: 977 Album: N/A Well this gigolo's jumping salty, ain't no trade out on the streets, Half past the unlucky, and the hawk's a front-row seat Dressed in full orchestration, stage-door Johnny's got to pay, And sent him home talking 'bout the one that got away Could have been on Easy Street, could have been a wheel, With irons in the fire and all them business deals But the last of the big-time losers shouted before he drove away, "I'll be right back, as soon as I crack the one that got away" Well, the ambulance drivers, they don't give a shit, They just want to get off work, and The short stop and the victim are already gone berserk And the shroud-tailor measures him for a deep-six holiday, The stiff is froze, the case is closed on the one that got away Now Jim Crow's directing traffic with them cemetery blues, With them peculiar-looking trousers, them old Italian shoes And a wooden kimono that was all ready to drop in San Francisco Bay But he's mumbling something all about the one that got away And Costello was the champion at the St. Moritz Hotel, And the best this side of Fairfax, reliable sources tell But his reputation is at large, and he's at Ben Frank's every day, Waiting for the one that got away He got a snakeskin sportshirt, and he looks like Vincent Price, With a little piece of chicken, and he's carving off a slice Someone tipped her off, and she'll be doing a Houdini now any day She shook his hustle, and a Greyhound bus'll take the one that got away Well, Andre's at the piano behind the Ivar in the sewers, With a buck a shot for pop tunes, and a fin for guided tours He could-a been in "Casa Blanca", he stood in line out there all day Now he's spilling whiskey and learning songs about a one that got away Well I've lost my equilibrium and my car keys and my pride, The tattoo parlor's warm, and so I hustle there inside And the grinding off the buzz-saw, "What you want that thing to say?" I says, "Just don't misspell her name, buddy, she's the one that got away" Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Virginia Avenue, Walking Spanish, Warm Beer And Cold Women, Way Down In The Hole, Way Down Inthe, When You Aint Got Nobody, Whislin Past The Graveyard, Whistle Down The Wind, Who Are You, Wrong Side Of The Road, Yesterday Is Here, Broken Bicycles, I Beg Your Pardon, Is There Any Way Out Of This Dream, Little Boy Blue, Old Boyfriends, Picking Up After You, TAKE ME HOME, This Ones From the Heart, $29.00, A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun, Blue Valentines, Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis, Kentucky Avenue, Red Shoes By The Drugstore, Romeo Is Bleeding, Somewhere, Whistlin Past The Graveyard, Grapefruit Moon, I Hope That I Dont Fall in Love With You, Ice Cream Man, Little Trip To Heaven (On The Wings Of Your Love), Lonely, Martha, Midnight Lullaby, Ol 55, Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards), Rosie, Depot, Depot, Diamonds On My Windshield Looking For, Drunk On The Moon, Fumblin With The Blues, New Coat Of Paint, Please Call Me, Baby, San Diego Serenade, Semi Suite, Shiver Me Timbers, Til The Money Runs Out, Downtown, Heartattack And Vine, Other Waits Tom song Lyrics $29 00 Lyrics (Credits) Lyrics 16 Shells From A 30.6 Lyrics 29 00 Lyrics 9th & Hennepin Lyrics 9th Hennepin Lyrics A Little Rain Lyrics A Sight For Sore Eyes Lyrics A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun Lyrics All Stripped Down Lyrics Annies Back In Town Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Wakefield Lyrics Wakeman Rick Lyrics Waking Ashland Lyrics Waking Judea Lyrics Waldeck Lyrics Waldos People Lyrics Waldos People Lyrics Walk To Remember Lyrics Walkabouts Lyrics Walker Brothers Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy