我相信国内的很多音乐人，很多都受到tom waits的影响
他的声音就像从喉咙里拽出一块破抹布那么难受
不得不承认，他的歌任何时候听一遍就会上瘾，这是真正的重口味，就像臭豆腐、四川火锅，重庆小面，吃完了就忘不了。
前期的tom waits只是门童，看着鲍勃迪伦们在台上演出，后来慢慢跑酒吧，签约出专辑，巡演。。。下面这首I hope that I don't fall in love with you轻松惬意，是初恋吉他的好曲子。I IV V三个和弦，良心推荐。刚扒的。
- <big>I hope that I don't fall in love with you</big>
Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you
'Cause falling in love just makes me blue
Well the music plays and you display your heart for me to see
I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for me
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you
Well the room is crowded people everywhere
And I wonder should I offer you a chair
Well if you sit down with this old clown take that frown and break it
Before the evening's gone away I think that we could make it
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you
Well the night does funny things inside a man
These old tom-cat feelings you don't understand
Well I turn around to look at you you light a cigarette
I wish I had the guts to bum one but we've never met
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you
I can see that you are lonesome just like me and it being late
You'd like some some company
Well I turn around to look at you and you look back at me
The guy you're with has up and split the chair next to you's free
And I hope that you don't fall in love with me
Now it's closing time the music's fading out
Last call for drinks I'll have another stout
Well I turn around to look at you you're nowhere to be found
I search the place for your lost face guess I'll have another round
And I think that I just fell in love with you
我希望我不要爱上你，
因为爱你让我忧郁，
当音乐响起你对我敞开你的心扉，
当我要了一杯啤酒，
现在我听到你呼唤我，
我希望我没有和你坠入情网。
房间拥挤不堪，到处都是人，
我不知道，我是否应该给你一张椅子吗？
如果你和这个老小丑坐在一起，
皱起眉头，打破它，
在这傍晚离开之前，我认为我们可以做到，
....
我寻找着你消失的脸，我想我真的爱上了你
下面这首就慢慢有点意思了。能感觉到要发作又很快冷静的那种克制，这是我最喜欢的一种感觉。
- <big>blue valentines</big>
She sends me blue valentines
All the way from philadelphia
To mark the anniversary
Of someone that I used to be
And it feels just like there's
A warrant out for my arrest
Got me checkin' in my rearview mirrror
And I'm always on the run
Thats why I change my name
And I didn't think you'd ever find me here
To send me blue valentines
Like half forgotten dreams
Like a pebble in my shoe
As I walk these streets
And the ghost of your memory
Is the thistle in the kiss
And the burgler that that can break a roses neck
It's the tattooed broken promise
That I hide beneath my sleeve
And I see you every time I turn my back
She sends me blue valentines
Though I try to remain at large
They're insisting that our love
Must have a culogy
Why do I save all of this madness
In the nightstand drawer
There to haunt upon my shoulders
Baby I know
I'd be luckier to walk around everywhere I go
With a blind and broken heart
That sleeps beneath my lapel
She sends me blue valentines
To remind me of my cardinal sin
I can never wash the guilt
Or get these bloodstains off my hands
And it takes a lot of whiskey
To make these nightmares go away
And I cut my bleedin' heart out every nite
And I die a little more on each st valentine day
Remember that I promised I would
Write you
These blue valentines
Blue valentines
Blue valentines
<big>**Misery's the River of the World
苦难是世界的河流
**</big>
后期基本就全是这样的作品了，就这个feel倍爽，
情感克制的厉害，骂人的最高境界，就是骂完了还不知道被骂了。
The higher that the monkey can climb
猴子爬的越高，
The more he shows his tail
尾巴就露的越多
Call no man happy 'til he dies
一个人幸福与否，盖棺才能定论
There's no milk at the bottom of the pail
奶瓶里没了牛奶
God builds a church
上帝建造了教堂
The devil builds a chapel
魔鬼也是
Like the thistles that are growing
正如环绕树干
'Round the trunk of a tree
疯狂生长的荆棘
All the good in the world
世间的一切善
You can put inside a thimble
你可以给它们套上顶针
And still have room for you and me
仍然有你我的空间
If there's one thing you can say
About Mankind
如果有关人类，你有话要发表
There's nothing kind about man
其实人类毫无友善可言
You can drive out nature with a pitch fork
你可以用音叉震慑自然，将其驱赶
But it always comes roaring back again
可它终会重返
Misery's the River of the World
苦难是世界的河流
Misery's the River of the World
苦难是世界的河流
Misery's the River of the World
苦难是世界的河流
For want of a bird
因为一只鸟儿的需求
The sky was lost
蓝天不再有
For want of a nail
因为一颗钉子的需求
A shoe was lost
鞋子不再有
For want of a life
因为一个生命的需求
The knife was lost
刀子不再有
For want of a toy
因为一个玩具的需求
A child was lost
孩童不再有
Misery's the River of the World
苦难是世界的河流
Misery's the River of the World
苦难是世界的河流
Everybody Row Everybody Row
人人争吵，事事纠纷
Misery's the River of the World
苦难是世界的河流
Misery's the River of the World
苦难是世界的河流
Everybody Row Everybody Row
人人争吵，事事纠纷
