Adios Lounge (Duet with Tom Waits) - Thelonious Monster

I know an oldtimer

Just a nickel-and-dimer (1)

At the bar down the Adios Lounge

And for whiskey and smokes

Recites poems and jokes

But he’s not just your average clown

And he’s entertaining nightly

Down the Adios Lounge

And he puts it politely

But he does lay it down

Now I lie here alone in my bed

With these words running wild in my head

He said…

Don’t let nobody go there for you

Don’t be satisfied with a second-hand life

Don’t let nobody stifle or bore you

Handle your troubles or take on your strife

Don’t let nobody live your life for you

Not your friends, not your kids, no not even your wife

If you want to know where the rainbow ends

It’s you who´ve got to go there and find it my friend

So I’m going back down

To the Adios Lounge

Where there’s no one to wait up for me

I hope he’s still around

Oh, that crazy old scrounge

To tell us how things ought to be

He said…

Don’t let nobody go there for you

Don’t be satisfied with a second-hand life

Don’t let nobody stifle or bore you

Handle your troubles or take on your strife

Don’t let nobody live your life for you

Not your friends, not your kids, no not even your wife

If you want to know where the rainbow ends

It’s you who’ve got to go there and find it my friend

So I buy him more drinks

Just to hear what he thinks

Oh, it’s worth it to see him almost smile

It’s worth feeling free for a while

At the bar down the Adios Lounge

At the bar down the Adios Lounge

At the bar down the Adios Lounge