(Got Rained on with His Own .38)
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Well small change got rained on with his own .38
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and nobody flinched down by the arcade
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and the marquise weren't weeping
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they went stark-raving mad
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and the cabbies were the only ones
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that really had it made
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and his cold trousers were twisted,
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and the sirens high and shrill
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and crumpled in his fist was a five-dollar bill
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and the naked mannikins with their
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cheshire grins
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and the raconteurs
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and roustabouts said buddy
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come on in
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cause the dreams ain't broken down here now
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now ...they're walking with a limp
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now that
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small change got rained on with his own .38"
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and nobody flinched down by the arcade
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and the burglar alarm's been disconnected
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and the newsmen start to rattle
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and the cops are tellin' jokes
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about some whore house in Seattle
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and the fire hydrants plead the 5th Amendment
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and the furniture's bargains galore
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but the blood is by the jukebox
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on an old linoleum floor
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and it's a hot rain on 42nd Street
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and now the umbrellas ain't got a chance
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And the newsboy's a lunatic
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with stains on his pants cause
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small change got rained on with his own .38
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and no one's gone over to close his eyes
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and there's a racing form in his pocket
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circled "Blue Boots" in the 3rd
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and the cashier at the clothing store
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he didn't say a word as the
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siren tears the night in half
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and someone lost his wallet
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well it's surveillance of assailants
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if that's whatchawannacallit
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and the whores hike up their skirts
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and fish for drug-store prophylactics*
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with their mouths cut just like
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razor blades and their eyes are like stilettos
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and her radiator's steaming
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and her teeth are in a wreck
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now she won't let you kiss her
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but what the hell do you expect
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and the Gypsies are tragic and if you
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wanna to buy perfume, well
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they'll bark you down like
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carneys... sell you Christmas cards in June
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but...
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small change got rained on with his own .38
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and his headstone's
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a gumball machine
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no more chewing gum
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or baseball cards or
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overcoats or dreams and
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someone is hosing down the sidewalk
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and he's only in his teens
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small change got rained on with his own .38
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and a fistful of dollars can't change that
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and someone copped his watch fob
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and someone got his ring
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and the newsboy got his porkpie Stetson hat
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and the tuberculosis old men
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at the Nelson wheeze and cough
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and someone will head south
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until this whole thing cools off cause
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small change got rained on with his own .38
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yea small change got rained on with his own .38
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Small Change
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| Tom Waits |
