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Artist: Tom Waits
Canonical path: /tom-waits/new-coat-of-paint
Related lyric paths: 6
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New Coat of Paint
Read New Coat of Paint lyrics by Tom Waits on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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New Coat of Paint
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Let's put a new coat of paint
On this lonesome old town
Set em' up, we'll be knockin' 'em down
You wear a dress
Baby I'll a tie
We'll laugh at that old bloodshot moon
In that burgundy sky
All our scribbled love dreams are lost or thrown away
Here amidst the shuffle of an overflowin' day
Our love needs a transfusion let's shoot it full of wine
Fishin' for a good time starts with throwin' in your line.
So let's put a new coat of paint
On this lonesome old town
Set em' up, set em' up we'll be knockin' 'em down
You wear a dress baby
I'll wear a tie
We'll laugh at that old bloodshot moon
In that burgundy sky
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