Tom Waits - Martha |
Tom Waits Operator, number, please: it's been so many years Hello, hello there, is this Martha? this is old Tom Frost, Will she remember my old voice while I fight the tears? And I am calling long distance, don't worry 'bout the cost. 'Cause it's been forty years or more, now Martha please recall, Meet me out for coffee, where we'll talk about it all. And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose And Martha all I had was you and all you had was me. There was no tomorrows, we'd packed away our sorrows And we saved them for a rainy day. How's your husband? and how's the kids? you know that I got married too? And I feel so much older now, and you're much older too, Luck that you found someone to make you feel secure, 'Cause we were all so young and foolish, now we are mature. And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose And we saved them for a rainy day. And Martha all I had was you and all you had was me. There was no tomorrows, we'd packed away our sorrows And all that really mattered then was that I was a man. And I was always so impulsive, I guess that I still am, I guess that our being together was never meant to be. And Martha, Martha, I love you can't you see? There was no tomorrows, we'd packed away our sorrows And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose And Martha all I had was you and all you had was me. And we saved them for a rainy day. And I remember quiet evenings trembling close to you |
