Lullaby

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Tom Waits

Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and has acted in supporting roles in films including Paradise Alley and Bram Stoker's Dracula; he also starred in the 1986 film Down by Law. He was nominated for an Academy Awa… more »


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2002
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Sun is red; moon is cracked 
Daddy's never coming back 
Nothing's ever yours to keep 
Close your eyes, go to sleep
If I die before you wake 
Don't you cry don't you weep
Nothing's ever as it seems 
Climb the ladder to your dreams 
If I die before you wake 
Don't you cry; don't you weep 
Nothing's ever yours to keep 
Close your eyes; go to sleep

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Written by: Kathleen Brennan, Thomas Alan Waits

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