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Composer: Tom Waits, William S. Burroughs

Tom Waits - Crossroads lyrics



(Tom Waits/William Burroughs)

Now, George was a good straight boy to begin with, but there was bad blood
In him; someway he got into the magic bullets and that leads straight to
Devil's work, just like marijuana leads to heroin; you think yo ucan take
Them bullets or leave 'em, do you?
Just save a few for your bad days

Well, now, we all have those bad days when you can't shoot for shit.

The more of them magics you use, the more bad days you have without them
So it comes down finally to all your days being bad without the bullets
It's magics or nothing
Time to stop chippying around and kidding yourself,
Kid, you're hooked, heavy as lead

And that's where old George found himself
Out there at the crossroads
Molding the Devil's bullets
Now a man figures it's his bullets, so it will
Hit what he wants to hit
But it don't always work that way

You see, some bullets is special for a single aim
A certain stag, or a certain person
And no matter where you are, that's where the bullet will end up
And in the moment of aiming, the gun turns into a dowser's wand
And point where the bullet wants to go

(George Schmid was moving in a series of convulsive spasms, like someone
with an epileptic fit, with his face distorted and his eyes wild like a
lassoed horse bracing his legs. But something kept pulling him on. And now
he is picking up the skulls and making the circle.)

I guess old George didn't rightly know what he's getting himself into
The fit was on him and it carried him right to the crossroads
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Songs list of album: The Black Rider (1993)
         Title Rating
01    Lucky Day (Overture) lyrics Add lyrics   -
02   The Black Rider lyrics   -
03   November lyrics   -
04    Just the Right Bullets lyrics Add lyrics   -
05   Black Box Theme lyrics   -
06    'Tain't No Sin lyrics Add lyrics   -
07    Flash Pan Hunter (Intro) lyrics Add lyrics   -
08    That's the Way lyrics Add lyrics   -
09    The Briar and the Rose lyrics Add lyrics   -
10   Russian Dance lyrics   -
11    Gospel Train [Orchestra] lyrics Add lyrics   -
12    I'll Shoot the Moon lyrics Add lyrics   -
13   Flash Pan Hunter lyrics   -
14   Crossroads lyrics   -
15   Gospel Train lyrics   -
16   Interlude lyrics   -
17   Oily Night lyrics   -
18   Lucky Day lyrics   -
19    The Last Rose of Summer lyrics Add lyrics   -
20   Carnival lyrics   -
 

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