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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom Waits
Vocals
Bobby Previte
Percussion
Marc Ribot
Guitar
Michael Blair
Percussion
Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges
Drums
Tony Garnier
Double Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Waits
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tom Waits
Producer
Robert Musso
Mixing Engineer
Howie Weinberg
Original Mastering Engineer
Dennis Ferrante
Assistant Recording Engineer
Tom Gonzalez
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Chris Bellman
Mastering Engineer
Jeff Lippay
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Kathleen Brennan
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Sane, sane, they're all insane
Fireman's blind, the conductor is lame
A Cincinnati jacket and a sad luck dame
Hanging out the window with bottle full of rain
[Verse 2]
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
[Verse 3]
Said role, the thunder and the role
Son of a bitch is never coming back here no more
Moon in the window, and the bird on the pole
We can always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal
[Verse 4]
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
[Verse 5]
Said steam, steam a hundred bad dreams
Going up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans
A fifty dollar bill inside a Paladin's hat
And nobody's sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at
[Verse 6]
Role, role the thunder and the role
Son of a bitch is never coming back here no more
Moon in the window, and the bird on the pole
Always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal
[Verse 7]
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
[Verse 8]
I said steam, steam a hundred bad dreams
Going up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans
A fifty dollar bill inside a Paladin's hat
And nobody's sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at
[Verse 9]
Shine, shine a Roosevelt dime
All the way to Baltimore and running out of time
Salvation Army seemed to wind up in the hole
They all went to heaven in a little row boat
[Verse 10]
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
Well, clap hands, well clap hands
Oh, clap hands, clap hands
Written by: Tom Waits