Lucinda / Ain't Goin Down - Birmingham - 07/03/08 - Tom Waits

Lucinda / Ain't Goin Down

Well they call me William the Pleaser

I sold opium fireworks and lead

now I'm telling my troubles to strangers

when the shadows get long I'll be dead

now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar

her skin as white as a cuttlefish bone

I left Texas to follow Lucinda

Now I'll never see heaven or home

I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight

a sly grin and a bowl full of stars

I was just like a kid who captures a firefly

and leaves it only to die in the jar

Ain't goin' down

ain't goin' down

momma to the well

momma to the well

momma to the well

no more

momma to the well

no more

I'm a true believer

I'm a true believer

believer

Aow as I kick at the clouds at my hanging

as I swing out over the crowd

I will search every face for Lucinda's

and she will go off with me down to hell

the devil dances inside empty pockets

but she didn't want money or pearls

no that wasn't enough for Lucinda

she wasn't that kind of girl

I thought I'd broke loose from Lucinda

The rain returned and so did the wind

I cast this burden on the god that's within me

And I'll leave this old world and go free

Ain't goin' down

ain't goin' down

momma to the well

momma to the well

momma to the well

momma to the well

no more

ain't goin' down

momma to the well

momma to the well

momma to the well

momma to the well

no more

I'm a true believer

I'm a true believer

believer

They call me William the Pleaser

I sold opium, fireworks and lead

Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers

When the shadows get long I'll be dead

dead

dead

dead.