Текст песни Big Joe & Phantom 309 - Tom Waits
Well
you
see
I
happened
to
be
back
on
the
east
coast
A
few
years
back
tryin
to
make
me
a
buck
Like
everybody
else,
well
you
know
Times
get
hard
and
well
I
got
down
on
my
luck
And
I
got
tired
of
just
roamin
and
bummin
Around,
so
I
started
thumbin
my
way
Back
to
my
old
hometown
You
know
I
made
quite
a
few
miles
In
the
first
couple
of
days,
and
i
Figured
I′d
be
home
in
a
week
if
my
Luck
held
out
this
way
But
you
know
it
was
the
third
night
I
got
stranded,
it
was
out
at
a
cold
lonely
Crossroads,
and
as
the
rain
came
Pouring
down,
I
was
hungry,
tired
Freezin,
caught
myself
a
chill,
but
It
was
just
about
that
time
that
The
lights
of
an
old
semi
topped
the
hill
You
should
of
seen
me
smile
when
i
Heard
them
air
brakes
come
on,
and
I
climbed
up
in
that
cab
where
i
Knew
it'd
be
warm
at
the
wheel
Well
at
the
wheel
sat
a
big
man
Id
have
to
say
he
must
of
weighed
210
The
way
he
stuck
out
a
big
hand
and
Said
with
a
grin
big
joes
the
name
And
this
here
rigs
called
phantom
309
Well
I
asked
him
why
he
called
his
Rig
such
a
name,
but
he
just
turned
to
me
And
said
why
son
don′t
you
know
this
here
Rigll
be
puttin
em
all
to
shame,
why
There
aint
a
driver
on
this
Or
any
other
line
for
that
matter
That's
seen
nothin
but
the
taillights
of
big
joe
And
phantom
309
So
we
rode
and
talked
the
better
part
of
the
night
And
I
told
my
stories
and
joe
told
his
and
I
smoked
up
all
his
viceroys
as
we
rolled
along
He
pushed
her
ahead
with
10
forward
gears
Man
that
dashboard
was
lit
like
the
old
Madam
la
rue
pinball,
a
serious
semi
truck
Until
almost
mysteriously,
well
it
was
the
Lights
of
a
truck
stop
that
rolled
into
sight
Joe
turned
to
me
and
said
Im
sorry
son
But
Im
afraid
this
is
just
as
far
as
you
go
You
see
I
kinda
gotta
be
makin
a
turn
Just
up
the
road
a
piece,
but
I'll
be
Damned
if
he
didn′t
throw
me
a
dime
as
he
Threw
her
in
low
and
said
go
on
in
there
Son,
and
get
yourself
a
hot
cup
of
coffee
On
big
joe
And
when
joe
and
his
rig
pulled
off
into
The
night,
man
in
nothing
flat
they
was
Clean
outa
sight
So
I
walked
into
the
old
stop
and
Ordered
me
up
a
cup
of
mud
sayin
Big
joes
settin
this
dude
up
but
It
got
so
deathly
quiet
in
that
Place,
you
could
of
heard
a
pin
drop
As
the
waiters
face
turned
kinda
Pale,
I
said
what′s
the
matter
did
I
say
somethin
wrong?
I
kinda
Said
with
8a
half
way
grin.
he
said
No
son,
you
see
it'll
happen
every
Now
and
then.
you
see
every
driver
in
Here
knows
big
joe,
but
let
me
Tell
you
what
happened
just
10
years
Ago,
yea
it
was
10
years
ago
Out
there
at
that
cold
lonely
crossroads
Where
you
flagged
joe
down,
and
There
was
a
whole
bus
load
of
kids
And
they
were
just
comin
from
school
And
they
were
right
in
the
middle
when
Joe
topped
the
hill,
and
could
Have
been
slaughtered
except
Joe
turned
his
wheels,
and
He
jacknifed,
and
went
Into
a
skid,
and
folks
around
here
Say
he
gave
his
life
to
save
that
bunch
Of
kids,
and
out
there
at
that
cold
Lonely
crossroads,
well
they
say
it
Was
the
end
of
the
line
for
Big
joe
and
phantom
309,
but
its
Funny
you
know,
cause
every
now
and
then
Yea
every
now
and
then,
when
the
Moons
holdin
water,
they
say
old
joe
Will
stop
and
give
you
a
ride,
and
Just
like
you,
some
hitchhiker
will
be
Comin
by
So
here
son,
he
said
to
me,
get
Yourself
another
cup
of
coffee,
it′s
on
the
House,
you
see
I
want
you
to
hang
on
To
that
dime,
yea
you
hang
on
to
that
Dime
as
a
kind
of
souvenir,
a
Souvenir
of
big
joe
and
phantom
309
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