Tom Waits Lyrics

Album: Big Time

Yesterday Is Here Lyrics

Written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan


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