Lucinda Lyrics

Well they call me William the Pleaser I sold opium, fireworks and lead Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers When the shadows get long I be dead
Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar Her skin as white as a cuttlefish bone I left Texas to follow Lucinda Now I'll never see heaven or home
I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars like a kid who captures a firefly And leaves it only to die in a jar
As I kick at the clouds at my hanging As I swing out over the crowd I will search every face for Lucinda's And she'll go off with me down to hell
I tought I'd broke loose of Lucinda Rain returned and so did the wind I cast this burden on the God that's within me And I'll leave this old world and go free
The devil dances inside empty pockets But she didn't want money or pearls Boy that wasn't enought for Lucinda She wasn't that kind of girl
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/lucinda-lyrics-tom-waits.html ] Now I've fallen from grace for Lucinda Who'd ever tought that Hell would be so cold? I did well for an old tin can sailor But she wanted the bell in my soul
I've spoken to God on the mountain And I've swam in the irish sea I've ate fire and drank from the Gange I've beg them all for mercy for me
I tought I'd broke loose of Lucinda Rain returned and so did the wind I was standing outside the white house And man I was afraid to go in
I heard someone pull the trigger Her breast heaved in the moonlight again There was a smear of gold in the window And then I was the jewel of her sin
They call me William the Pleaser I sold opium, fireworks and lead Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers When the shadows get long I be dead
Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar Her skin as white as a cuttlefish bone I left Texas to follow Lucinda I know I'll never see heaven or home No I'll never see heaven or home No I'll never never see heaven or home