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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Vocals
Jim Gordon
Jim Gordon
Drums
Jim Hughart
Jim Hughart
Upright Bass
Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
Trumpet
Tom Scott
Tom Scott
Tenor Saxophone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dayton Burr Howe
Dayton Burr Howe
Producer
Geoff Howe
Geoff Howe
Assistant Engineer
Peter Lyman
Peter Lyman
Mastering Engineer
Terry Dunavan
Terry Dunavan
Original Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Tight-slack-clad girls on the graveyard shift
'Neath the cement stroll, catch the midnight drift
Cigar chewing Charlie's in that newspaper nest
Grifting hot horse tips on who's running the best
And I'm blinded by the neon
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
[Verse 2]
And the moon's a silver slipper
It's pouring champagne stars
And Broadway's like a serpent pulling shiny top-down cars
Larimer is teeming with that undulating beat
And some Bonneville is screaming
It's way wilder down the street
And I'm blinded by the neon
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
[Verse 3]
Hearts flutter and race
The moon's on the wane
Tarts mutter their dream-hopes the night will ordain
Come schemers and dancers, cherry delight
As a Cleveland-bound Greyhound
And it cuts through the night
And I've hawked all my yesterdays
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
Written by: Tom Waits
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