Name: Jockey Full of Bourbon (Tom Waits cover)
Duration: P00H03M28S
Description: A free Elvers cover version of Jockey Full of Bourbon by Tom Waits. Recorded at Lewisham Heights.

Jockey Full of Bourbon (Tom Waits cover)

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A free Elvers cover version of Jockey Full of Bourbon by Tom Waits. Recorded at Lewisham Heights.

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Edna Million in a drop dead suit
Dutch pink pink on a downtown train
Two dollar pistol but the gun won't shoot
I'm in the corner in the pouring rain
16 men on a deadman's chest
And I've been drinking from a broken cup
2 pairs of pants and a mother vest
I'm full of bourbon; I can't stand up.

Hey little bird, fly away home
Your house is on fire; your children are alone
Hey little bird, fly away home
Your house is on fire; your children are alone

Schiffer broke a bottle on Morgan's head
And I've been stepping on the devil's tail
Across the stripes of full moon's head
Through the bars of a Cuban jail
Bloody fingers on a purple knife
A flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass
I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife
Come admire the view from up on top of the mast

Yellow sheets in Hong Kong bed
Stazybo horn and a Slingerland ride
To the carnival is what she said
A hundred dollars makes it dark inside.

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released February 4, 2014
Jockey Full of Bourbon by Tom Waits

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Elvers began in South London. Now based in Faversham, Kent.

Gigging has been curtailed, but new music occasionally sneaks out between working on the railway, child-rearing, bike riding, book reading and birdwatching.

I love classic pop songwriting, blues, rock & roll, country and folk. I'm a sucker for some classic chords, a nifty lyric and a sad sad story.

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