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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Vocals
Harry Cody
Harry Cody
Banjo
Larry Taylor
Larry Taylor
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Composer
Kathleen Brennan
Kathleen Brennan
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Producer
Kathleen Brennan
Kathleen Brennan
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
He had three whole dollars
A worn out car
And a wife who was leaving for good
[Verse 2]
Life's made of trouble
Worry, pain and struggle
She wrote goodbye in the dust on the hood
[Verse 3]
They found  a map of Missouri
Lipstick on the glass
They must of left in the middle of the night
[Verse 4]
And I want to know the same thing
Everyone wants to know
How's it going to end?
[Verse 5]
Behind a smoke colored curtain
The girl disappeared
They found out that the ring was a fake
[Verse 6]
A tree born crooked
Will never grow straight
She sunk like a hammer into the lake
[Verse 7]
A long lost letter and an old leaky boat
Promises are never meant to keep
[Verse 8]
And I want to know the same thing
Everyone wants to know
How's it going to end?
[Verse 9]
The barn leaned over
The vultures dried their wings
The moon climbed up an empty sky
[Verse 10]
The sun sank down behind the tree  on the hill
There's a killer and he's coming through the rye
[Verse 11]
But maybe he's the father of  that lost little girl
It's hard to tell in this light
[Verse 12]
And I want to know the same thing
Everyone wants to know
How's it going to end?
[Verse 13]
Drag you wagon and your plow
Over the bones of the dead
Out among the roses and the weeds
[Verse 14]
You can never go back
And the answer is no
And wishing for it only makes it bleed
[Verse 15]
Joel Tornabene was broken on the wheel
Shane and Bum Mahoney on  the lamb
The grain was as gold as Sheila's hair
All the way from Liverpool
With all we could steal
[Verse 16]
He was robbed of twenty dollars
His body  found stripped
Cast into the harbor there and drowned
[Verse 17]
And I want to know the same thing
We all wanna know
How's it going to end?
[Verse 18]
The sirens are snaking their way up the hill
It's last call somewhere in the world
The reptiles blend in with the color of the street
Life is sweet at the edge of a razor
[Verse 19]
And down in the front row of an old picture show
The old man is asleep
The credit starts to roll
[Verse 20]
And I want to know the same thing
We all wanna know
How's it going to end?
[Verse 21]
I want to know the same thing
We all wanna know
How's it going to end?
[Verse 22]
And I just wanna know the same thing
I wanna know
How's it going to end?
Written by: Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits

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