Lyrics and translation Tom Waits - Table Top Joe
I
knew
one
day
Je
savais
qu'un
jour
One,
one,
two,
one,
two,
three
Un,
un,
deux,
un,
deux,
trois
Well
my
mama
didn't
want
me
Eh
bien,
ma
mère
ne
me
voulait
pas
On
the
day
I
was
born
Le
jour
où
je
suis
né
I
was
born
without
a
body
Je
suis
né
sans
corps
I
got
nothing
but
scorn
Je
n'ai
reçu
que
du
mépris
But
I
always
loved
music
Mais
j'ai
toujours
aimé
la
musique
All
I
had
was
my
hands
Tout
ce
que
j'avais,
c'était
mes
mains
I
dreamed
I'd
be
famous
Je
rêvais
d'être
célèbre
And
I'd
work
at
The
Sands
Et
je
travaillerais
aux
Sands
Singing,
Tabletop
Joe,
Tabletop
Joe
Chantant,
Tabletop
Joe,
Tabletop
Joe
Now
everyone
will
know
Maintenant,
tout
le
monde
saura
That
I'm
Tabletop
Joe
Que
je
suis
Tabletop
Joe
I
had
trouble
with
the
pedals
J'avais
des
problèmes
avec
les
pédales
But
I
had
a
strong
left
hand
Mais
j'avais
une
main
gauche
forte
And
I
could
play
Stravinsky
Et
je
pouvais
jouer
Stravinsky
On
a
baby
grand
Sur
un
piano
à
queue
I
said,
'I'm
gonna
join
the
circus
J'ai
dit
: "Je
vais
rejoindre
le
cirque"
Cause
that's
where
I
belong'
Parce
que
c'est
là
que
je
suis
à
ma
place"
So
I
went
to
Coney
Island
Alors
je
suis
allé
à
Coney
Island
I
was
singing
this
song
Je
chantais
cette
chanson
Tabletop
Joe,
Tabletop
Joe
Tabletop
Joe,
Tabletop
Joe
Now
everyone
knows
Maintenant,
tout
le
monde
sait
Yeah
I'm
Tabletop
Joe
Ouais,
je
suis
Tabletop
Joe
They
gave
me
top
billing
Ils
m'ont
donné
la
première
place
In
the
Dreamland
show
Dans
le
spectacle
de
Dreamland
I
had
my
own
orchestra
J'avais
mon
propre
orchestre
Starring
Tabletop
Joe
Avec
Tabletop
Joe
en
vedette
And
the
man
without
a
body
Et
l'homme
sans
corps
Proved
everyone
wrong
A
prouvé
que
tout
le
monde
avait
tort
I
was
rich
and
I
was
famous
J'étais
riche
et
j'étais
célèbre
I
was
where
I
belonged,
yeah
J'étais
à
ma
place,
ouais
Tabletop
Joe,
Tabletop
Joe
Tabletop
Joe,
Tabletop
Joe
Now
everyone
knows,
yeah
Maintenant,
tout
le
monde
sait,
ouais
Tabletop
Joe
Tabletop
Joe
Take
it
home
boy
Ramène
ça
à
la
maison,
mon
garçon
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Interlude 1
2 Interlude 9
3 Interlude 8
4 Table Top Joe
5 There's Only Alice
6 Falling Down the Lane
7 Chained Together for Life
8 What Became of Old Father Craft
9 ... but There's Never a Rose
10 Everything You Can Think of Is True
11 One, Two and Through
12 Down the Reeperbahn
13 Hang Me in the Bottle
14 And No One Knows I'm Gone
15 Down the Reeperbahn (Full Cast version)
16 Interlude 13
17 [untitled]
18 Interlude 12
19 Interlude 11
20 Interlude 10
21 Interlude 7
22 Interlude 6
23 Interlude 5
24 Interlude 4
25 Kommie Nie Zu Spät
26 Interlude 3
27 Interlude 2
28 Goodbye
2 Interlude 9
3 Interlude 8
4 Table Top Joe
5 There's Only Alice
6 Falling Down the Lane
7 Chained Together for Life
8 What Became of Old Father Craft
9 ... but There's Never a Rose
10 Everything You Can Think of Is True
11 One, Two and Through
12 Down the Reeperbahn
13 Hang Me in the Bottle
14 And No One Knows I'm Gone
15 Down the Reeperbahn (Full Cast version)
16 Interlude 13
17 [untitled]
18 Interlude 12
19 Interlude 11
20 Interlude 10
21 Interlude 7
22 Interlude 6
23 Interlude 5
24 Interlude 4
25 Kommie Nie Zu Spät
26 Interlude 3
27 Interlude 2
28 Goodbye
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