All Stripped Down


Well, the time will come when the wind will shout
All stripped down, all stripped down
And all the sinners know what I’m talking about
All stripped down, all stripped down
When all the creatures of the world are gonna line up at the gate
All stripped down, all stripped down
And you better be on time, and you better not be late
All stripped, all stripped
All stripped down, all stripped down

Well, you know in your heart what you gotta bring
All stripped down, all stripped down
No big mink coat, no diamond ring
All stripped down, all stripped down
Well, take off your paint and take off your rouge
All stripped down, all stripped down
And let your backbone flip and let your spirit shine through
All stripped down, all stripped down
I want you all stripped, all stripped
All stripped down

All the men we got, well they’re goin’ down the drain
All stripped down, all stripped down
And when I see your sadness on a river of shame
All stripped down, all stripped down
You got to raise up both the quick and the dead
All stripped down, all stripped down
With no shoes on your feet, no hat on your head
All stripped down, all stripped down
I want you all stripped, all stripped
All stripped, all stripped
All stripped, all stripped down

Ain’t nothin’ in my heart but fire for you
All stripped down, all stripped down
With my rainy hammer and a heart that’s true
All stripped down, all stripped down
All stripped, all stripped, all stripped
All stripped down, all stripped down
Oh, they were all stripped down
Oh, people all stripped down, yeah
Well, they were all stripped
All stripped



Words and music by Tom Waits
©1992 Jalma Music Inc. (ASCAP)




Produced by Tom Waits
Recorded by Biff Dawes at Prairie Sun recording, Cotati, CA
2nd engineer: Joe Marquez
3rd engineer: Swawn Michael Morris


Tom Waits: Vocals and percussion
Larry Taylor: Upright bass
Joe Gore: Guitar


Time: 3.03

Track 4 on the album ‘Bone Machine’ 1992


Live versions available on the these bootlegs:

The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, May 30, 1992
The Paramount Theatre, Oakland, February 4, 1996
The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, June 13, 1999
The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, June 14, 1999
Metropol Theater, Berlin, Germany, July 17, 1999