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Composer: Tom Waits

Tom Waits - Town With No Cheer lyrics



Anthony Clark Stewart: Bag pipes
Clark Spangler: Synthesizer program

Well it's hotter 'n blazes and all the long faces
there'll be no oasis for a dry local grazier
there'll be no refreshment for a thirsty jackaroo
from Melbourne to Adelaide on the overlander
with newfangled buffet cars and faster locomotives
the train stopped in Serviceton less and less often
There's nothing sadder than a town with no cheer
Voc Rail decided the canteen was no longer necessary there
no spirits, no bilgewater and 80 dry locals
and the high noon sun beats a hundred and four
there's a hummingbird trapped in a closed down shoe store

This tiny Victorian rhubarb
kept the watering hole open for sixty five years
now it's boilin' in a miserable March 21 st
wrapped the hills in a blanket of Patterson's curse
the train smokes down the xylophone
there'll be no stopping here
all ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer
no Bourbon, no Branchwater
though the townspeople here
fought her Vic Rail decree tooth and nail
now it's boilin' in a miserable March 21 st
wrapped the hills in a blanket of Patterson's curse
the train smokes down the xylophone
there'll be no stopping here
all ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer
Songs list of album: Swordfishtrombones (1983)
         Title Rating
01   Underground lyrics   -
02   Shore Leave lyrics   -
03    Dave the Butcher [instrumental] lyrics Add lyrics   -
04    Johnsburg, Illinois lyrics Add lyrics   -
05    16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six lyrics Add lyrics   -
06   Town With No Cheer lyrics   -
07    In the Neighborhood lyrics Add lyrics   -
08    Just Another Sucker on the Vine [instrumental] lyrics Add lyrics   -
09   Frank's Wild Years lyrics   -
10   Swordfishtrombone lyrics   -
11   Down, Down, Down lyrics   -
12   Soldier's Things lyrics   -
13   Gin Soaked Boy lyrics   -
14   Trouble's Braids lyrics   -
15    Rainbirds [instrumental] lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

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