Waits, Tom - Yesterday Is Here Lyrics






If you want money in your pocket
and a top hat on your head
a hot meal on your table
and a blanket on your bed
well today is grey skies
tomorrow is tears
you'll have to wait til yesterday is here
Well I'm going to New York City
and I'm leaving on a train
and if you want to stay behind and
wait til I come back again
well today is grey skies
tomorrow is tears
you'll have to wait til yesterday is here
If you want to go
where the rainbows end
you'll have to say goodbye
all our dreams come true
baby up ahead
and it's out where your memories lie
well the road's out before me
and the moon is shining bright
what I want you to remember
as I disappear tonight
today is grey skies
tomorrow's tears
you'll have to wait til yesterday is here





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  1. C.... A....

    C'est un poseur, un frimeur. Rien de sincère chez cet homme talentueux.

  2. E.... S....

    Tom waits .. iam crazy because of u

  3. M.... o....

    Today is just the tomorrow you hoped would never happen yesterday

  4. S.... B....

    Για σένα Γιάννα μου 🖤

  5. J.... A....

    Tom Waits is my musical crush.

  6. s.... f....

    And that is how it is done!!! THAT IS HOW IT IS DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. �.... �....

    Today is grey skies, tomorrow is tears. You'll have to wait til yesterday is here.

  8. �.... �....

    Well today is grey skies, tomorrow is tears. You'll have to wait til yesterday is here.

  9. w.... ....

    the late fred gwynne gave tom the title for this song, on the set of the movie cotton club in 84 ... I Bet Tom Waits Cried the Day Fred Gwynne Passed Away

  10. E.... ....

    I just love this song..

  11. N.... K....

    https://youtu.be/1fERGcSUffA

  12. t.... ....

    Tha master

  13. s.... f....

    People-need your help!!! Every time I listen to this I get euphoria!!!!! So the question is---Am I JUST TOOOO NEGATIVE OR AN ETERNAL OPTIMIST????????????

  14. K.... O....

    I'm a bit of a Waits impersonator. I have a deep gravelly singing voice I can reach those 7 octaves and his howls and falsetto. I cover Tom's songs every week at karaoke unfortunately they're are no lyrics. thankfully I have virtually every song memorized

  15. S.... B....

    Γιάννα ξέρεις εσύ.... Το χορέψαμε στο mosquito rock bar🍺

  16. J.... B....

    I think this may be my favorite song of his.

    J.... B....

    Been listening to his music for the past year and this song is a dream.

  17. h.... b....

    This song is so beautiful

    h.... b....

    so are you!!!!!!!!!!!!

  18. N.... B....

    He looks like Benicio del toro in that pic a bit

  19. S.... M....

    UNFORGETTABLE TRACK

  20. f.... e....

    I think the song is about leaving a bad place where nothing changes and nothing will never get better. There is hope in this song.

  21. M.... M....

    This is sheer genius.

  22. s.... ....

    If you want money in your pocket
    and a top hat on your head
    a hot meal on your table
    and a blanket on your bed
    well today is grey skies
    tomorrow is tears
    you'll have to wait til yesterday is here
    Well I'm going to New York City
    and I'm leaving on a train
    and if you want to stay behind and
    wait til I come back again
    well today is grey skies
    tomorrow is tears
    you'll have to wait til yesterday is here
    If you want to go
    where the rainbows end
    you'll have to say goodbye
    all our dreams come true
    baby up ahead
    and it's out where your memories lie
    well the road's out before me
    and the moon is shining bright
    what I want you to remember
    as I disappear tonight
    today is grey skies
    tomorrow's tears
    you'll have to wait til yesterday is here

  23. K.... P....

    접속(The Contact, A korean movie in 1997) brought me here.

  24. P.... M....

    Stay calm all, be patient...

  25. I.... R....

    Waiting for the good times? Too bad buddy, they're all behind us.

  26. x.... ....

    In german language i would say: ich bekomme eine Gänsehaut!!

    x.... ....

    In Dutch we say: Ik heb geen idee wat dat betekend

    x.... ....

    Holland ist die geilste Stadt der Welt !

    x.... ....

    In French we say la chaire de poule

  27. M.... ....

    Would be interested to hear your opinions on David Sylvian's "Midnight sun" track which actually features Marc Ribot (Waits' guitarist) on guitar. Is it homage or just plain rip off? I'll let you decide! As I recall, Ribot also plays on some other tracks on the "Dead bees on a cake" album, which "Midnight sun" is from.

  28. D.... K....

    loving this song...

  29. W.... W....

    A great poet and trubador.

  30. C.... D....

    great...

  31. j.... s....

    best song ever....

  32. P.... ....

    This song cuts right down to it.
    Waiting for the good times? Too bad buddy, they're all behind you.

    P.... ....

    65 people have given up...very sad.

    P.... ....

    @coreycox2345 You just need to be grateful for the bad times just as much as the good, maybe even more so. Because its only when things become uncomfortable that you are forced to move and do things; sometimes the greatest gifts come disguised as your worst enemies.

    P.... ....

    @Prince Andrew I have accomplished only a few things in life that I smile about every time I think about them. Every time I had been angered by some injustice it lit a fire under my ass. :)

    P.... ....

    @Prince Andrew Your comment cut off after the words "you are forced to." Great comment.

    P.... ....

    That's not quite how I read it. It's about the necessity to keep moving forward when things are bad. The "I" figure in the song is leaving behind his old life and looking for a new life in the big city, and he explains to the "you" figure that if they want to stay behind and focus on how things used to be, today is going to be bad and tomorrow will be worse, as they'll keep pining for a yesterday that no longer exists. Only memories lie in the past, but the road always moves on before you.

  33. F.... M....

    Lot of Tom Waits' songs here are spoiler by some electronic sh*t made by Gaming Sneep.
    How sad....

  34. Z.... ....

    ...If you want to go
    where the rainbows end
    you'll have to say goodbye
    all our dreams come true
    baby up ahead
    and it's out where your memories lie
    well the road's out before me
    and the moon is shining bright
    what I want you to remember
    as I disappear tonight
    today is grey skies
    tomorrow's tears
    you'll have to wait til yesterday is here.

  35. c.... l....

    Very nice recovery! Much better than the original. And that voice ... WOW!

    c.... l....

    +coco loch what? this is the orignal recording of this song

  36. j.... W....

    Has anyone noticed that the melody is lifted from the movie Hang em High with Clint Eastwood. Fantastic. Makes the song even better.

    j.... W....

    joe Wedge it's a classic western melody used numerous 50s episodes

  37. V.... H....

    4 people didn't wait for yesterday.

  38. F.... F....

    This song is great if you have a very bad hangover, and you need your brain to distract. Try it.

    F.... F....

    So true! Tom Waits has some of the best hangover music. Johnny Cash is good too. In a different vein, Beth Orton or Jenny Lewis.

  39. m.... ....

    Exactly! Love Tom's way of thinking. ♥⁀˚⋆.‿♥

  40. l.... ....

    Utterly perfect

  41. P.... ....

    First heard  this song during the closing credits of Luminous Motion...

  42. U.... S....

    tom amca 

  43. K.... R....

    Love Tom Waits!

  44. J.... ....

    can someone tell me in which song he tells the story of the soldier and the stray bullet p l e a s e :-) and thanks!

    J.... ....

    child in time?

    J.... ....

    +JeanneDarcDorleans


    Mr. Waits relates the tale of the Confederate soldier whose testicle was pierced by a stray Union bullet in the preamble to Falling Down on the Big Time soundtrack (I think...).

    J.... ....

    train song, big time (you must've figured that out by now tho)

    J.... ....

    no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehehehehe

  45. S.... F....

    A cheep joint. Night turns into morning. Abandoned, broke and waiting for someone to fill up the room, turn the lights and music back on. Knowing it's gonna be a long wait. Been there, seen others there, but have never heard anyone describe it as well as this - true poetry ... perfectly performed. As everything else Mr. Waits and friends have blessed the world with.

  46. P.... ....

    Considering he turned Disney's heigh-ho into something completely nightmare inducing, I'd LOVE to see that

  47. L.... S....

    try to imagine "call me maybe" in tom's voice ;)

  48. N.... C....

    yes dear..

  49. e.... d....

    this has a kind of dreamy "Ghost riders in the sky" vibe about it.

  50. r.... ....

    <3 <3 <3

  51. R.... W....

    Every White country on the planet is forced to become multicultural and multiracial.
    Every White country is ordered to "assimilate" its own race and culture to oblivion.
    No "anti-racists" demand that of ANY non-White country.
    It's genocide.
    These anti-whites claim to be "anti-racist", but their actions result in the genocide of only one race, my race, White people. The true goal of immigration and assimilation is to wipe out my race.
    Anti-racist is a code word for anti-White.

    R.... W....

    Scared?? Relaxe bebe! This is inevitable!!! Now U know how japanese felt when they were FORCED to open up their society. And they were FORCED by the white race. Or how about native americans?? How do u think indians felt being ruled by good old white biys?? Or chinese being given opium??? So shut the fluck up!!!! Poor U crying like a bitch!!!

  52. o.... ....

    4 people couldn't wait till yesterday is here.

  53. M.... S....

    Well yeah, but everything is jake. I like you don't, It's jake.

  54. M.... S....

    Sorry sweet heart but not through these ears.

  55. D.... M....

    heroine too, does some badass things to your voice...if you don't die of course

  56. P.... A....

    awwww; c'mon - she does suck :(

  57. P.... A....

    You're the boss of this video lol

  58. P.... 9....

    Scarlett Johansson did some decent covers, but no one will beat Tom Waits. Fact.

  59. P.... I....

    I agree. Scarlett Raped this fantastic song!

  60. h.... a....

    tom baba sesini çatallayan o balgamı çek suratıma yarabbi şükür diyeyim

  61. j.... b....

    i gotta say that i found this song because of scarlett johansson

  62. T.... ....

    I'd take a bullet for Tom Waits...AND I MEAN IT !

  63. B.... S....

    Big Time version is even better

  64. L.... C....

    I want this at my funeral

  65. P.... A....

    the theme tune for halo

  66. P.... A....

    I like that, well said.

  67. A.... ....

    But Scarlett Johansen is a beautiful person. You have to give her credit on appreciating and understanding Tom Waits's poetry. And she tried. The fact that she did a whole album of just Tom's songs tells it all. She is no Bimbo. She is the Girl with a Pearl Earring.

  68. t.... ....

    bourbon, by definition, can only be made in kentucky. jack comes from tennessee

  69. P.... A....

    i thought it was...

  70. N.... ....

    and Tim...waits... the endless wild years to pass away...listening Tom Waits...

  71. t.... ....

    The best song ever made.

  72. C.... F....

    Simple great!!!

  73. W.... W....

    Fair play. I don't know so much about whiskey, but I know what I like.
    I don't know, like I said, I don't know much, but if I were given different brands of whiskeys to taste I could tell the difference between each and explain why I like each one. My favourite is actually 15 year glenfiddich.

  74. t.... ....

    i, myself, can't really tell the subtleties of scotch; tho i do understand, a bit, the 'smoke' of islay whikys

  75. t.... ....

    sorry to be so adamant, but bourbon only comes from kentucky. jack is tennessee whiskey. i just like my whiskies, sorry. scotch is good, btw, if you have the educated palate for it

  76. W.... W....

    I fell in love with Luckies instantly with the first one I tried. Since I took a few off my friend I must have bought the good part of 100 packs in under a year.

  77. W.... W....

    Actually although JD is advertised as simply whisky, I believe it is in fact bourbon. But pretty piss poor bourbon at that. The only reason people like it is because it tastes nice with coke.
    I'm more of a scotch guy tbh though so maybe I haven't got the taste for bourbon.

  78. t.... ....

    dunno, man; i always associate tom with bourbon and jack ain't bourbon. thumbs up, tho.

  79. m.... ....

    How can I agree 10000 times?

  80. f.... g....

    Tom, how can I stop loving you?

  81. A.... G....

    Luckies: I loved them. Started smoking them when I was 16 and quit when I was 23. If I had a pack right now, I'd probably smoke 'em all.
    LSMFT: Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco.

  82. o.... ....

    Yesterday's here, in my eye there's a tear. It gets there every time Tom Waits I hear

  83. N.... K....

    @burningburney94 Because they just want attention, and you readily gave it to them.

  84. b.... ....

    @Robotpeti why? that's all i want to know. just why?

  85. R.... ....

    i gave a dislike. i feel very satisfied
    very gay video btw

  86. N.... ....

    @bacardi119 They're not rough enough though to give you a voice like Tom. Takes about 50 Sterling a day.

  87. R.... C....

    Gestern ist hier.

  88. n.... w....

    You should hear Rona Kenan's cover...
    Hypnotising as the original.

  89. J.... G....

    scarlett must die...

  90. b.... ....

    @agiambrone What a coinsidence, my favorite brand of Cigarretes.LMO

  91. A.... ....

    Two Kings still reing: Tom Waits and J.J. Cale.

  92. A.... ....

    Absolutely Suberb as usually by Tom Waits.