Emotional Weather Report (Live at the Shaboo Inn 1976)
Well, welcome to the eleven o’clock blues. Details at eleven Shortly before noon Sunday, well, there was a heart that was broken Yeah, a heart was broken and the alleged assailant... The alleged assailant was last seen heading in the direction of Billings, Montana, in a GMC pick-up truck and remains at large as we go to press However, the victim, a 26-year old male caucasian, is considered in serious condition and not expected to make it through the weekend He’s in intensive care and was last seen heading in the direction of the nearest bar Yeah, it ain’t no hard feelings, baby Go on, walk all over me, I don’t care Yeah, I knew you when you were nothing and you haven’t changed a bit In the first place, you got several chins You gotta put a bookmark in your face to find out where your mouth is And I don’t need you, baby I met you in that cheap little bar As I moved in nice and close you looked over me, you said ‘Take-a your-a hands-a off-a me, because it-a makes-a me feel so cheap!’ So I got a little emotional weather forecast for you here tonight Since you left me, baby Since you left me, baby Well, we’ll be talking about late night and early morning low cloud with a chance of fog, and a chance of showers into the afternoon with variable high cloudiness and gusty winds Gusty winds at times around the corner of Sunset and Alvorado Oh yeah, it was a slow moving cold front Well, there was no severe weather into the afternoon except for a lone gust of wind in the bedroom But baby, I got to tell you without fear of contradiction When the thunder storms start increasing over the Southeast and South Central portions of my ability to deal rationally with a disconcerted precarious emotional situation, I get extremely upset I start passing out wolf tickets on a regular basis Yeah, but I don’t mind, baby I don’t mind, go on and walk out You know, since you left me it’s been getting cold out there Oh yeah, it ain’t sports coat weather, baby We’re talking about the hawk! Yeah, it’s colder than a flat frog on the Philadelphia freeway in February, baby Oh, but I’ll get by Colder than a Jewish American princess on her honeymoon, but I’ll get by baby Why don’t you go ahead and tell me how cold it’s been, Frank Cold out there Cold out there, baby But you know, sweetheart The extended outlook for an indefinite period of time Until you go walking back to me Is high tonight and low tomorrow and precipitation is expected Late night and early morning low cloud Late night and early morning low cloud Late night and early morning low cloud Cold! Words and music by Tom Waits ©1975 Fifth Floor Music, Inc. (ASCAP) |
![]() The Shaboo Inn, Willimantic, November 9, 1976 |