Broken Bicycles Broken bicycles, old busted chains With rusted handle bars, out in the rain Somebody must have an orphanage for All these things that nobody wants any more September’s reminding July It’s time to be saying goodbye Summer is gone, but our love will remain Like old broken bicycles out in the rain Broken bicycles, don’t tell my folks There’s all those playing cards pinned to the spokes Laid down like skeletons out on the lawn The wheels won’t turn when the other has gone The seasons can turn on a dime Somehow I forget every time All the things that you’ve given me will always stay They’re broken, but I’ll never throw them away Words and music by Tom Waits ©1982 Fifth Floor Music Inc.

Produced by Bones Howe Engineered by Bones Howe and Biff Dawes Second engineers: Tim Boyle, Dave Demore and Bob Winder Recorded at Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, October 1980 - September 1981 Tom Waits: Vocals Pete Jolly: Piano Greg Cohen: Bass Richard Beggs: Sound montage Track 5 on the soundtrack album ‘One from the Heart’ 1982 Time: 2.51 Live versions available on these bootlegs: Montreal Jazz Festival, Expo Theatre, Montreal, Canada, July 3, 1981 Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand, September 27, 1981 Boot title: Shadows of Intolerance The Dominion Theatre, London, October 17, 1985 The Dominion Theatre, London, October 18, 1985 The Beacon Theatre, New York, November 20, 1985 Tenco Festival, Teatro Ariston, San Remo, Italy, November 22, 1986 Boot title: Italian Dream The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, December 31, 1990 The Paramount Theatre, Oakland, February 4, 1996 The Paramount Theatre, Denver, October 13, 1999 Mathilde Santing covered the song on her album ‘Out of This Dream’ in 1987 Maura O’Connell did a version of the song on her album ‘A Real Life Story´ in 1990.