mr. henry

• tom waits'in tahminimce en az bilinen şarkısı. asylum records'un, tom'un başka bir plak şirketine geçişinin ardından ^* yayınladığı bounced checks adlı best of'da yer alır.
  
  şarkının adından yola çıkıp henry chinaski bağlantısı kuranlar var ama anlatılan adamı hank'e pek benzetemiyorum ben.
  
  sözleri şöyle :
  
  mr. henry stumbles home
  when the evening's done
  he's as poor as a church mouse
  high on the meyer's rum
  tugging at his shirttail
  jiggling a church key
  chewing on a toothpick
  on another binge
  trampling the rosebush
  whistin' to himself...
  now don't wake up the neighbours
  spitting on the hinge
  rattling the milkbottles
  tripping on a skate
  hidin' from the newsboys
  before it's too late
  the screen door's open
  don't make no noise in the kitchen
  got no excuse
  for a cold, grey wife that starts bitchin'
  that the no good bum's at it again
  after she's given him
  the best years of her life
  he'll tell her he was celebrating
  savage's divorce
  played a hunch out at yonkers
  you can never trust a horse
  and thrown in jail
  swore he'd never do these things again
  he's got an alibi
  but never tells her where he's been
  
  "henry! henry!"
  
  dinlemek için de böyle : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54rp5glvmbm