lucinda

• tom waits'in son üçlemesinin brawlers adlı ilk bölümünde yer alan tuhaf şarkı. klasik tom waits çizgisinde denilebilir bu şarkı için: garip, ürkütücü ama yine de samimi. dinledikçe içine alan bir yapısı var, temposuna kaptırdıktan sonra sanki kafanızı duvara vuruyormuşsunuz gibi bir tad bırakır. farklıdır.
  
  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'll be dead
  
  now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar
  skin was 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 silver 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 the jar
  
  as i kick at the clounds at my hanging
  as i swing out over the crowd
  i will search every face for lucinda's
  and she will off with me down to hell
  
  i thought i'd broke loose of lucinda
  the rain returned and so did the wind
  i cast this burden on the god that's within me
  i leave this old world and go free
  
  the devil dances inside empty pockets
  but she never wanted money or pearls
  no, that wasn't enough for lucinda
  she wasn't that kind of girl
  
  now i've fallen from grace for lucinda
  whoever thought 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 ate fire and drank from the ganges
  and i'll beg there for mercy for me
  
  i thought i'd broke loose of lucinda
  the rain returned and so did the wind
  i was standing outside the whitehorse
  oh but i was afraid to go in
  
  i heard someone pull the trigger
  her breasts 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'll be dead
  
  now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar
  skin was as white as a cuttlefish bone
  i left texas to follow lucinda
  now i'll never see heaven or home
  no i'll never see heaven or home
  no i'll never see heaven or home
• çok güçlü, değişik, etkileyici tom waits şarkısı.
• (bkz: karnım zil çalıyor)
• luciferin dişi versiyonu.