Annie’s Back in Town In the evening stumbles home with his tie undone And the moon sweeps Seventh Avenue as usual You lie awake at night, you remember when Now that Annie’s back in town Well, I know why you’re drinkin’, I know your alibi So don’t make up excuses, those are tears in your eyes And you’re falling back in love again Now that Annie’s back in town And it came down through the grapevine You put your business on the street I hear you been hangin’ out ‘til dawn in some lunch room And you thought you’d gotten over here But that was ‘til you found That Annie’s back in town And all the corner boys are troublemakers And the sailors are all fools It almost seems like some things ‘round here I guess’ll never change But it’s always good for business Guess we’ll be seeing you around Now that Annie’s back in town Words and music by Tom Waits ©1978 Fifth Floor Music, Inc.

Produced and engineered by Bones Howe 2nd engineer: Geoff Howe Recorded September 7, 1978 Tom Waits: Vocals and piano Strings arranged by ? Track 7 on the soundtrack album ‘Paradise Alley’ 1979 Track 19 on the bootleg ‘Drunk on the Moon’ Track 17 on the bootleg ‘A Nickel’s Worth of Dreams’ Track 7 on the bootleg ‘Tales from the Underground Vol 3’ Live versions available on these bootlegs: Huntington Beach, CA 1978 (Date? Venue?) The Warner Theatre, Washington, November 21, 1978 Austin City Limits, Austin, Texas, March 24, 1979 Boot title: ‘Rendezvous at Midnight’ Also on ‘A Televisual Feast’ The State Theatre, Sydney, Australia, May 2, 1979 Boot title: Cold Beer on a Hot Night 1980. 2 performances (Dates? Venues? Citites?) Boot title: I’m a Jack-Off of All Trades The Apollo Theatre, London, England, March 23, 1981 Montreal Jazz Festival, The Expo Theatre, Montreal, Canada, July 3, 1981 Boot title: Shadows of Intolerance Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand, September 27, 1981