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I was in a line at the supermarket the other day, and uhm...
Y'know, I had all my things on the little conveyor belt there
And uh... there's a gal in front of me that is uh... well,
She's staring at me and I'm getting a little
Nervous and uh, she continues to stare at me
And I uh, I keep looking the other way
And then, finally she comes over closer to me and she
Says: "I apologise for staring, that must have been annoying
I
I.
You look so much like my son,
Who died. I just can't take my eyes off you."
And she precedes to go into her purse and
She pulls out a photograph of her son who'd died
And uh, he looks absolutely nothing like me
In fact he's.
Chinese
Uh... anyway, we chatted a little bit
And uh, she says: "I'm sorry, I have to ask you
Would you mind,
As I leave the supermarket here,
Would you mind saying "Goodbye mom" to me?
I, I know it's a strange request but I haven't heard my son saying
"Goodbye mom" to me,
And "So long" and it would mean so much to me to hear it
And uh, if you don't mind
I... "
And I said: "Well, you know, okay, yeah, sure
Eh... uh... I can say that."
And, and so, she uh gets her groceries all checked out
And uh, as she's going out the door she waves at
Me and she hollers across the store: "Goodbye son!"
And I look up and I wave and I say: "Goodbye mom!"
And then she goes, and uh.
So I get my few things there,
On the conveyor belt and the checker checks out my things
And uh, and he gives me the total and he says:
"That'll be four hundred and seventy nine dollars."
Uh... and I said: "Well, how is that possible!
I've only got a little tuna fish,
And uh some skimmed milk, and uh mustard and a loaf of bread..."
He goes: "Well,
Well you're also paying for the groceries for your mother
She uh, told me you'd take care of the bill for her."
And I said: "Well, wait a minute!
That's not my mother!"
And he says: "Well I distinctly heard her say as she left the store
"Bye son!" and you said "Bye mom!
" And so what are you trying to say here, uh..." I said: "Well
Jesus!"
And I looked out into the parking lot
And she was just getting into her car
And I ran out there
And she was just closing the door,
And she had a little bit of her leg sticking out of the door
And she was pulling away and I grabbed her leg and I started
PULLING it!
Just the way... I'm pulling yours.



Autor(en): THOMAS ALAN WAITS, KATHLEEN BRENNAN


Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
Album Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
Veröffentlichungsdatum
21-11-2006

1   If I Have To Go
2   2:19
3   What Keeps Mankind Alive
4   Books of Moses
5   Army Ants
6   Young at Heart
7   Missing My Son
8   Little Man
9   Goodnight Irene
10   Dog Treat
11   Buzz Fledderjohn
12   The Return of Jackie and Judy
13   Nirvana
14   Altar Boy
15   The Pontiac
16   Two Sisters
17   Redrum
18   Tell It to Me
19   Long Way Home
20   Bone Chain
21   Rains on Me
22   Fish in the Jailhouse
23   Little Drop of Poison
24   Lucinda
25   World Keeps Turning
26   On the Road
27   Lie to Me
28   LowDown
29   Bottom of the World
30   Ain't Goin' Down to the Well
31   Road to Peace
32   All the Time
33   Walk Away
34   Sea of Love
35   Bend Down the Branches
36   You Can Never Hold Back Spring
37   Shiny Things
38   Never Let Go
39   Fannin Street
40   The Fall of Troy
41   Take Care of All My Children
42   Down There By The Train
43   Danny Says
44   Heigh Ho
45   First Kiss
46   Dog Door
47   Poor Little Lamb
48   King Kong




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