Tom Waits - New Year's Eve Lyrics






The door was open I was seething
Your mother burst in it was freezing
She said it looks like it’s trying to rain
I was lost I felt sea sick
You convinced me that he’d left
You said keep talking but don’t use any names
I scolded your driver and your brother
We are old enough to know how long you’ve been hooked
And we’ve all been through the war
And each time you score
Someone gets hauled and handcuffed and booked

It felt like four in the morning
What sounded like fire works
Turned out to be just what it was
The stars looked like diamonds
Then came the sirens
And everyone started to cuss

All the noise was disturbing
And I couldn’t find Irving
It was like two stations on at the same time
And then I hid your car keys
And I made black coffee
And I dumped out the rest of the rum

Nick and Socorro broke up
And Candice wouldn’t shut up
Fin he recorded the whole thing
Ray he said damn you
And someone broke my camera
And it was New Years
And we all started to sing

Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne

I was leaving in the morning with Charles for Las Vegas
And I didn’t plan to come back
I had only a few things
Two hundred dollars
And my records in a brown paper sack

I ran out on Sheila
Everything’s in storage
Calvin’s right I should go back to driving truck

Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne





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  1. S.... B....

    I hated Lorraine still do

  2. m.... ....

    Happy New year Tom

    2020

    Thank you 😢

  3. T.... ....

    New fucking year, new empty bottles! Whoooooo!

  4. h.... ....

    Happy New Year!

  5. A.... S....

    Happy New Decade!!!

  6. T.... W....

    Happy 2020!!!!

  7. R.... ....

    Back at it again baby

  8. A.... S....

    It's that time of year, folks. Hello there, 2020.

  9. c.... m....

    welcome back, friends. tell someone you love them tonight.

  10. L.... G....

    No one would ever sing Auld lang syne better.

  11. R.... ....

    Happy 2020 guys.

  12. H.... C....

    Happy 2019, love one another

  13. J.... H....

    Happy New Year Tom!

  14. J.... H....

    Happy New Year 2019! ~

  15. c.... o....

    Its a Tom Waits type of morning. Good start to a new year...

  16. c.... m....

    calvin's right, i should go back to driving trucks

  17. L.... L....

    Saffy Sassy Saffy.....Happy New Year's Eve 2018.....and Super Love and Best Wishes for 2019 !! xox 118 xox xox Thank You for loving Me for over 40 years !! xox 118 xox You are My precious Princess Saffy Lolita xox 118 xox Big Love and Thanks with Your favourite hot kisses and gentle playful spanks xox 118 xox I truly love and adore You My Naughty Little Lolly Lolita xox xox 51-67-78-18-118 xox xox xox xox xox xox xox xox xox xox xox xox

    L.... L....

    Happy New Year to you, my darling Strapper, all the way from NZ. Hopefully I'll be back on the phone to you very soon! Loving you forever and always xxx

  18. A.... i....

    Just sweet❗❗

  19. A.... S....

    Goddamn it, Candice

  20. B.... ....

    :-) :-(

  21. R.... M....

    Love him ..... marvin bros....

  22. R.... S....

    Happy New Year everybody. a wish for a good year for all in 2018.

  23. A.... F....

    Can't explain how much I love this song. So beautiful so nostalgic

  24. D.... N....

    The door was open I was seething
    Your mother burst in it was freezing
    She said it looks like it’s trying to rain
    I was lost I felt sea sick
    You convinced me that he’d left
    You said keep talking but don’t use any names
    I scolded your driver and your brother
    We are old enough to know how long you’ve been hooked
    And we’ve all been through the war
    And each time you score
    Someone gets hauled and handcuffed and booked

    It felt like four in the morning
    What sounded like fire works
    Turned out to be just what it was
    The stars looked like diamonds
    Then came the sirens
    And everyone started to cuss

    All the noise was disturbing
    And I couldn’t find Irving
    It was like two stations on at the same time
    And then I hid your car keys
    And I made black coffee
    And I dumped out the rest of the rum

    Nick and Socorro broke up
    And Candice wouldn’t shut up
    Fin he recorded the whole thing
    Ray he said damn you
    And someone broke my camera
    And it was New Years
    And we all started to sing

    Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
    Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne

    I was leaving in the morning with Charles for Las Vegas
    And I didn’t plan to come back
    I had only a few things
    Two hundred dollars
    And my records in a brown paper sack

    I ran out on Sheila
    Everything’s in storage
    Calvin’s right I should go back to driving truck

    Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
    Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne

    D.... N....

    Paul hogan

    D.... N....

    Thanks for that.Classic

    D.... N....

    Genius lyrics

  25. S.... L....

    Best New Year's Eve song ever. Thanks Mr. Waits.

  26. B.... ....

    Happy New Years Eve, everyone. Cheers

    B.... ....

    Happy new year's!

  27. m.... ....

    still can't find irving

    m.... ....

    He ran out the back when the police arrived.

  28. M.... E....

    Happy New Year's Eve, folks

    M.... E....

    Happy new years eve mate

  29. H.... F....

    love to all in 2017!

    H.... F....

    And in 2018!

  30. J.... D....

    Tom Waits is the only only one, the best.

  31. P.... D....

    Gotta nytt ar

  32. E.... H....

    Jeg vil gerne ønske alle et rigtig godt nyt år med Tom Waits nytårs sang . Han lyder godt nok som en der har tyvstartet løjerne.

    E.... H....

    Sådan har han vist lydt, siden sutten blev erstattet med Elefantøl og cigaretter.

  33. T.... ....

    Happy new years, everyone. 

  34. R.... B....

    nice tune

  35. H.... B....

    أنت ربّ يا توم // نحن نحبك -- و الشيخ راشد يريد أيرك
    لا تتركني
    لا تنكني . أحب البوليتيكس-

  36. J.... B....

    Classic! :)

  37. l.... ....

    Calvin's right – I should go back to driving trucks.

  38. j.... f....

    it only takes me 1 or 2 beers to get drunk, sometimes it's the 7th, sometimes it's the 8th.

  39. m.... ....

    Same time next year?

  40. f.... ....

    At least a nice mandolin .-)

  41. v.... ....

    At the stroke of midnight,January 1'st,2013,I'm going to play this song as loud as naturally possible,just to piss off the Mayans.

  42. M.... ....

    The man at his sullen best

  43. f.... ....

    It looks like it´s tryin to rain...

  44. o.... ....

    This song defines New Years' Eve the same way Fairytale of New York defines Christmas Eve.

    Best track of the album, in my opinion.

  45. c.... ....

    @fowlersboot oh yes....

  46. c.... ....

    Stunning.

  47. N.... I....

    top song

  48. K.... ....

    it begins now!!!!!! NEW YEARS EVE!!! let's do this waits

  49. K.... L....

    Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
    Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne.

  50. m.... ....

    its so dramatic, so beautiful, so tom waits in every way! love this song

  51. K.... W....

    For Joey with love xx

  52. 8.... ....

    great song

  53. R.... ....

    new year's eves are so fucked up. always.

  54. s.... ....

    consoling ... like a good bottle in a rainy night

  55. O.... P....

    The stars looked like diamonds
    Then came the sirens
    And everyone started to cuss

    I was leaving in the morning with Charles for Las Vegas
    And I didnt plan to come back
    I had only a few things
    Two hundred dollars
    And my records in a brown paper sack

  56. S.... J....

    Love it