Tom Waits - Midnight Lullaby Lyrics
Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye
Hush-a bye my baby, no need to be crying.
You can burn the midnight oil with me as long as you will
Stare out at the moon upon the windowsill, and dream...
Hush-a bye my baby, no need to be crying.
There's dew drops on the window sill, gumdrops in your head
Slipping into dream land, you're nodding your head, so dream...
Dream of West Virginia, or of the British Isles
'Cause when you are dreaming, you see for miles and miles.
When you are much older, remember when we sat
At midnight on the windowsill, and had this little chat
And dream, come on and dream, come on and dream, and dream, and dream...
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Tom Waits Midnight Lullaby Comments
2:52 Which lullaby is this?
Vinicio Caliendo hush little baby?
That "hush little baby" moment makes me imagine Eminem's Mockinbird on Tom Wait's voice.
This cannot be explained.... Absolutely brilliant.
Closing Time is one of the most beautiful Albums ever
This is just sublime. One of my favourite Tom Waits songs.
perfect
Damn, this one takes me back a few years.
I've always liked Tom Waits, but youngsters really can't appreciate the powerful nostalgia in lines like "When you are much older/Remember when we sat/Midnight on the windowsill/And had this little chat".
+SwitcherooU Tom Waits was a youngster when he wrote it (early to mid twenties) yet people of a similar age can't appreciate it?
Yeah, I guess that didn't come out right. I just feel like I understand it more now. That's all.
+SwitcherooU Yeah, fair enough. I just find it annoying when people put down young people (not saying that you do that) as though they have no character just because they haven't been around as long. A great deal of people inspire and shape the world when they're in their youth. You only have to look at sportsmen and women or artists. I understand what you was saying now though. With age comes experience and often wisdom because of it.
@Tom Fairclough Yeah, there's plenty of that on YouTube. I'd like to think I know better. The kids will surpass us, and they'll do much better than we did.
At any rate, what I was referencing in my original post was the specific line "When you are much older/Remember when we sat/Midnight on the windowsill/And had this little chat".
I'm 15 years on from when I first heard this song, and I DO remember those midnight chats, those chance meetings, those wonderful impromptu moments that stick with you and change you forever.
I see I suppose with our age difference we read differently into songs. Thanks for your time. All the best.
here, Tom Waits - Midnight Lullaby for Robin
Nick, I don't know how you interpreted my comment. I love Tom Waits. His whiskey and cigarettes make him great. I own many albums.
There are guys like you, and than there are guys like Tom. We'd be much better off with more of Tom, and less of you
Could still use a little bit more you, though.
"Closing time" was such an outstanding debut album. And he's still going strong, fourty years later.
Something like a soundtrack
Yes, indeed, he is interesting.
The man sounds like he gargled razor blades (in more recent years, particularly), and it's brilliant. Listening to Waits on a stormy evening, nursing a great cup of coffee = sheer bliss.
You know where it's at.
where's the damn repeat button? curse you Youtube :)
Right click, set to loop! (3 years later, better late than never!)
Here i gotcha: 0:00
6 years later, better late than never :D
-thank you so much for adding this, i love waits
This song reminds me of memories I had before I was born
Damn it he knows
DAMN IT I KNOW!!!
I wish that last part when the guitar comes in just lasts forever.
This song fits so well its title ... Just perfect, thank you Mr.Waits.
When I like a singer, actor, hero, I research. He has reformed his life and reinvented his musical style, true.
That's very interesting; you're very interesting.
He didn't reinvent himself; he drank alot of whiskey and chain smoked.
his old stuff really his only stuff i like
who gives a fuck??
@CatfishSean I cannot tell if this comment is made of win or fail.
TomWaitsの曲の中でお気に入りの1曲。酒飲んだ時に聞きたいな。
I love the story of CatfishSean and his junkie girl. Livin' the dream.
As a teenager I would play this LP (Vinyl) as I lay on my bed after getting home from school. It was right about half way through this song or going into Martha that I would fall asleep. One of the great albums of our time this is... Thanks Tommy!
per chi e' ancora capace di sognare......
bellissimo questo sax ,trombetta, old style!!!!!!.DAPAURA TOM. SEI FORTE!!!
bellissimo questo sax ,trombetta, old style!!!!!!.DAPAURA TOM. FORTE!!!
@Vadergeek hahaha awesome.
It's weird thinking of this as Tom Waits. I mean, when I think Tom Waits..... well, just listen to his children's story.
@heel666 well it is a lullaby..
@TheReegar But I can and will.
@CatfishSean And we care because?
Tom Waits is a fantastic artist, and all of his albums are great.
But listening to this, I doubt that he (or anybody else) will ever be able to do anything as good as 'Closing Time' again.
@quiver444
Listen to the live version done some years later. Unbelievable. If you want it, I'll send you the MP-3.
send me a note...I'll turn you onto the live version of this song. It will blow you out of your seat. Completely different...different voice, etc. Turns it into something so beyond classic, so gripping...well, he's the master. The live version of this is tremendous...maybe done 5-6 years after the album.
this is such beatiful music, whatever way i try and some up how great it is i wont do it justice, my brain just kinda feels like its melting when i listen too it.
@daner31 i was 18 when i bought this. i was lookin for some of the raindogs and post- type gravelly stuff, so i was very let down. i dismissed it as 'billy joel type shit.' now it's become one of my all-time favorites from any artists; beautifully melancholy
tommaso aspetti