Tom Waits Lyrics

Album: Big Time

Falling Down Lyrics

(Tom Waits)

I have come 500 miles just to see a halo

Come from St. Petersburg, Scarlett and me

Well I open my eyes, I was blind as can be

When you give a man luck, he must fall in the sea

And she wants you to steal and get caught

For she loves you for all that you are not

When you're falling down, falling down

When you're falling down, falling down, falling down

You forget all the roses, don't come around on Sunday

She's not gonna choose you for standing so tall

Go on and take a swig of that poison and like it

And don't ask for silverware, don't ask for nothing

Go on and put your ear to the ground

You know you will be hearing that sound......falling down.

You're falling down, falling down

Falling down, Falling down, falling down

When you're falling down, falling down, falling down


Go on down and see that wrecking ball come swinging on along

Everyone knew that hotel was a goner

They broke all the windows, they took all the door knobs

And they hauled it away in a couple of days

Now someone yell timber and take off your hat

It's a lot smaller down here on the ground

You're falling down, falling down, falling down

Falling down, falling down, falling down

Someone's falling down, falling down, falling down

Falling down, falling down, falling down