Falling Down I’ve come 500 miles just to see your halo Come from St. Petersburg, Scarlett and me When I open my eyes, I was blind as can be And to give a man luck, he must fall in the sea And she wants you to steal and get caught For she loves you for all that you are not When you’re falling down, falling down When you’re falling down, falling down, falling down You forget all the roses don’t come around on Sunday She’s not gonna choose you for standing so tall Go on take a swig of that poison and like it And now don’t ask for silverware, don’t ask for nothing Go on and put your ear to the ground You know you’ll be hearing that sound, falling down You’re falling down, falling down Falling down, falling down Falling down When you’re falling down, falling down, falling down Go on down see that wrecking ball come swing in on her now Everyone knew that hotel was a goner They broke all the windows and took all the door knobs And they hauled it away in a couple of days Now someone yelled timber, take off your hat We all look smaller down here on the ground When you’re falling down, falling down, falling down Falling down, falling down Falling down Someone’s falling down, falling down, falling down Falling down, falling down Falling down Words and music by Tom Waits ©1988 Jalma Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Produced by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan Recorded and mixed by Biff Dawes at Sunset Sound, LA Production coordinator: Catharina Masters Tom Waits: Vocals and organ Fred Tackett: Guitar Richie Hayward: Drums Larry Taylor: Bass Time: 4.13 Track 8 on the album ‘Big Time’ 1988 Click here for live versions Bad Liver och Hans Brustna Hjärtan did a Swedish cover ('Fall på knä'), on their album ‘14 Sånger’ 1989 Holly Cole covered it on her album ‘Temptation’ in 1995