Tom Waits - Just the right bullets video free download


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Uploaded: 2009/11/15

There is a light in the forest

There is a face in the tree

I'll pull you out of the chorus

And the first one's always free

You can never go hunting

With just a flintlock and a hound

You won't go home with a bunting

If you blow a hundred rounds

It takes much more than wild courage

Or you'll hit just the tattered clouds

You must have just the right bullets

And the first one's always free

You must be careful in the forest

Broken glass and rusty nails

If you're to bring back something for us

I have bullets for sale

Why be a fool when you can chase away

Your blind and your gloom

I have blessed each one of these bullets

And they shine just like a spoon

To have sixty silver wishes

Is a small price to pay

They'll be your private little fishes

And they'll never swim away

I just want you to be happy

That's my only little wish

I'll fix your wagon and your musket

And the spoon will have his dish

And I shudder at the thought of your

Poor empty hunter's pouch

So I'll keep the wind from your barrel

And bless the roof of your house

Comments

10 years ago

Rich Mash

What more can i say about this man??

10 years ago

WalkIntoMyFace

Discovered this the other day and haven't been able to stop listening to it.. There is something so terrifyingly macabre about it.. It truly unsettles me yet leaves me so tempted and intrigued. As with much of Tom Wait's material, it has somewhat of a majesty to it. I think I am going to have to find the stage show, because I am somewhat obsessed with the story of this song and the story behind the show.

10 years ago

AtreVire

Until I read the lyrics, I could've swore the last line was "..and blast the roof of your mouth." It left me shuddering for the longest time. 

10 years ago

allaboutdmagic

Tom Waits and William Burroughs, that's a combination.

10 years ago

Werebat

This song always reminds me of a depressed person I was an enabler for, for too many years. They solved their problems with "magic bullets" but eventually got to the point where they couldn't do anything without them. I'm glad I was able to grow out of that relationship.

11 years ago

bbaylusdunn

yeehaw

11 years ago

Nenad Radakovic

this was in my head also...can't stop singing whole day!

11 years ago

samet bektaş

There is something supernatural in this song

11 years ago

Eris Tyler

This was in my head when I woke up this morning. It's going to be an interesting day.

11 years ago

Daniel Symcha

Genio.....

11 years ago

Michael Trenhaile

pretty fucking god damn good shit.

11 years ago

allaboutdmagic

It's based on a German opera and yes, the singer is Beelzebub, offering the hero use of his magic huntsman's bullets.

11 years ago

William Turner

Am I the only one who can hear Waits completely channeling Captain Beefheart at some parts of this song?

11 years ago

Shawn Shaffer

Nonpareil!

11 years ago

Nahemah27

oh man...Theatrical tom waits... the black rider frank s wild years (1986 Theatre/ chicago)

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