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Tom Waits

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2023
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Jul 2023
Frank’s Wild Years (2023 Remaster)

17 tracks

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Jul 2023
Frank’s Wild Years (2023 Remaster)

17 tracks

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2023
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Jul 2023
Bone Machine (2023 Remaster)

14 tracks

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Jul 2023
Bone Machine (2023 Remaster)

14 tracks

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2023
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Jul 2023
Rain Dogs (2023 Remaster)

14 tracks

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Jul 2023
Rain Dogs (2023 Remaster)

14 tracks

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2023
Album
Jul 2023
The Black Rider (2023 Remaster)

13 tracks

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Jul 2023
The Black Rider (2023 Remaster)

13 tracks

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2023
Album
Jul 2023
Swordfishtrombones (2023 Remaster)

12 tracks

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Jul 2023
Swordfishtrombones (2023 Remaster)

12 tracks

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2011
Album
Oct 2011
Bad as Me (Deluxe Edition)

16 tracks

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Oct 2011
Bad as Me (Deluxe Edition)

16 tracks

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2009
Album
Nov 2009
Glitter and Doom Live

12 tracks

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Nov 2009
Glitter and Doom Live

12 tracks

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2006
Single
Nov 2006
Alter Boy
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Single
Nov 2006
Alter Boy
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2006
Album
Nov 2006
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards

56 tracks

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Nov 2006
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards

56 tracks

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2004
Album
Oct 2004
Real Gone

11 tracks

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Oct 2004
Real Gone

11 tracks

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2003
Single
Feb 2003
Bend Down the Branches
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Feb 2003
Bend Down the Branches
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2002
Single
May 2002
All the World is Green
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Single
May 2002
All the World is Green
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2002
Single
May 2002
Another Man’s Vine
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Single
May 2002
Another Man’s Vine
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2002
Single
May 2002
Alice
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Single
May 2002
Alice
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2002
Album
May 2002
Alice

15 tracks

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May 2002
Alice

15 tracks

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2002
Album
May 2002
Blood Money

12 tracks

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May 2002
Blood Money

12 tracks

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2001
Album
Oct 2001
Used Songs 1973-1980

8 tracks

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Oct 2001
Used Songs 1973-1980

8 tracks

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2001
Single
Mar 2001
2:19
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Single
Mar 2001
2:19
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1999
Single
Apr 1999
Big in Japan
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Single
Apr 1999
Big in Japan
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1999
Album
Apr 1999
Mule Variations

17 tracks

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Apr 1999
Mule Variations

17 tracks

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1998
Album
Aug 1998
Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years

23 tracks

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Aug 1998
Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years

23 tracks

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1993
Album
Nov 1993
The Black Rider

18 tracks

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Album
Nov 1993
The Black Rider

18 tracks

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1992
Single
Sep 1992
A Little Rain (2023 Remaster)
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Single
Sep 1992
A Little Rain (2023 Remaster)
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1992
Single
Sep 1992
All Stripped Down (2023 Remaster)
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Single
Sep 1992
All Stripped Down (2023 Remaster)
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1992
Album
Sep 1992
Bone Machine

10 tracks

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Sep 1992
Bone Machine

10 tracks

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1992
Single
Apr 1992
Back in the Good Old World (Gypsy)
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Single
Apr 1992
Back in the Good Old World (Gypsy)
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1992
Single
Apr 1992
Baby, I’m Not a Baby Anymore (Beatrice Theme)
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Single
Apr 1992
Baby, I’m Not a Baby Anymore (Beatrice Theme)
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1992
Album
Apr 1992
Night on Earth (Original Soundtrack Recording)

15 tracks

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Album
Apr 1992
Night on Earth (Original Soundtrack Recording)

15 tracks

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1988
Single
Sep 1988
Big Black Mariah [Big Time]
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Single
Sep 1988
Big Black Mariah [Big Time]
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1988
Album
Aug 1988
Big Time [CD]

16 tracks

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Album
Aug 1988
Big Time [CD]

16 tracks

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1987
Album
Aug 1987
Frank’s Wild Years

11 tracks

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Album
Aug 1987
Frank’s Wild Years

11 tracks

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1985
Single
Sep 1985
Big Black Mariah
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Single
Sep 1985
Big Black Mariah
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1985
Single
Sep 1985
Anywhere I Lay My Head (2023 Remaster)
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Single
Sep 1985
Anywhere I Lay My Head (2023 Remaster)
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1985
Album
Sep 1985
Rain Dogs

14 tracks

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Sep 1985
Rain Dogs

14 tracks

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1984
Album
Jan 1984
Asylum Years

23 tracks

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Album
Jan 1984
Asylum Years

23 tracks

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1983
Album
Aug 1983
Swordfishtrombones

10 tracks

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Album
Aug 1983
Swordfishtrombones

10 tracks

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1982
Album
Jan 1982
One from the Heart (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

11 tracks

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Album
Jan 1982
One from the Heart (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

11 tracks

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1978
Single
Sep 1978
A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun
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Single
Sep 1978
A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun
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1977
Single
Sep 1977
Barber Shop
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Single
Sep 1977
Barber Shop
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1976
Single
Oct 1976
Bad Liver and a Broken Heart
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Single
Oct 1976
Bad Liver and a Broken Heart
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1975
Single
Oct 1975
Big Joe and Phantom 309
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Single
Oct 1975
Big Joe and Phantom 309
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1975
Album
Oct 1975
Nighthawks at the Diner

17 tracks

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Oct 1975
Nighthawks at the Diner

17 tracks

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Top Songs

#1
Barber Shop
#2
Big in Japan
#3
All the World is Green
#4
Back in the Good Old World (Gypsy)
#5
Another Man’s Vine
#6
Alice
#7
Big Black Mariah
#8
A Nickel’s Worth of Dreams

About Tom Waits

Discography

Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
56 tracks · 2006
Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
23 tracks · 1998
Asylum Years
23 tracks · 1984
The Black Rider
18 tracks · 1993
Frank’s Wild Years (2023 Remaster)
17 tracks · 2023
Mule Variations
17 tracks · 1999
Nighthawks at the Diner
17 tracks · 1975
Bad as Me (Deluxe Edition)
16 tracks · 2011
Big Time [CD]
16 tracks · 1988
Alice
15 tracks · 2002
Night on Earth (Original Soundtrack Recording)
15 tracks · 1992
Bone Machine (2023 Remaster)
14 tracks · 2023
Rain Dogs (2023 Remaster)
14 tracks · 2023
Rain Dogs
14 tracks · 1985
The Black Rider (2023 Remaster)
13 tracks · 2023
Swordfishtrombones (2023 Remaster)
12 tracks · 2023
Glitter and Doom Live
12 tracks · 2009
Blood Money
12 tracks · 2002
Real Gone
11 tracks · 2004
Frank’s Wild Years
11 tracks · 1987
One from the Heart (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
11 tracks · 1982
Bone Machine
10 tracks · 1992
Swordfishtrombones
10 tracks · 1983
Used Songs 1973-1980
8 tracks · 2001

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Popular lyrics by Tom Waits

Barber Shop

Good morning mister snip snip snip With your hair cut just as short as mine Good morning mister snip snip snip With your hair cut just as sh…

Big in Japan

I got the style, but not the grace I got the clothes, but not the face I got the bread, but not the butter I got the window, but not the shu…

All the World is Green

I fell into the ocean when you became my wife I risked it all against the sea to have a better life Marie, you are the wild blue sky, men do…

Back in the Good Old World (Gypsy)

When I was a boy, the moon was a pearl The sun a yellow gold But when I was a man, the wind blew cold The hills were upside down But now tha…

Another Man’s Vine

Bougainvilleas bloom and wind Be careful, mind the strangle vines The rose is climbing over blind 'Cause the sun is on the other side The be…

Alice

It's dreamy weather we're on You waved your crooked wand Along an icy pond With a frozen moon A murder of silhouette crows I saw And the tea…

Big Black Mariah

Cuttin' through the cane break , rattling the sill Thunder that the rain makes when the shadow tops the hill Big light on the back street hi…

A Nickel’s Worth of Dreams

Well, the shoeshine boy's got lines around the block The bloodhound's let the convicts get away And after you're asleep, all the cheerleader…

Alter Boy

He's an ol' altar boy Lying out there in the street He's an ol' altar boy Bound up in leather and chains That's why I'm feeling so blue I'm …

A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun

Well it's raining, it's pouring You didn't bring a sweater Nebraska will never let you come back home Now on Hollywood and Vine By the Thrif…

Discography at a glance

799

Songs on Lyrks

24

Albums

414

Singles

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