Chained Together for Life
Did you hear the news about Edward? On the back of his head he had another face Was it a woman’s face or a young girl? They said to remove it would kill him So poor Edward was doomed The face could laugh and cry It was his devil twin And at night she spoke to him Things heard only in Hell But they were impossible to separate Chained together for life Finally the bell tolled his doom He took a suite of rooms And hung himself and her from the balcony aisle Some still believe he was freed from her But I knew her too well I say she drove him to suicide And took poor Edward to hell Words and music by Tom Waits |
![]() Recorded by in Hamburg in 1992 Tom Waits: Vocals and harmonium Greg Cohen (?): Violin Time 3.29 Track 11 on the bootleg album ‘Alice - the Original Demos’ 1999 Track on the second bootleg album ‘Alice’ 1999 It can also be heard on a bootleg tape of the Thalia performance of the play in 1992 The song appears in "Knee 14 - Fish and Bird" of the play It is sung by The White Knight Click HERE to see the complete play with dialog ![]() |