Clap Hands (live version)
Wine, wine, why, the goose drank wine And the monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line Now the line broke And the monkey got choked And they all went to heaven in a little row boat Clap hands! Sane, sane, they’re all insane The fireman’s blind, the conductor is lame Cincinnati jacket and a sad luck dame Hangin’ out the window with a bottle full of rain Clap hands Oh, clap hands Clap hands Clap hands That's a roar, it's a thunder and a roar I ain't never comin’ back here no more That's a moon in the window, a bird on the pole I can always find a millionaire to shovel all that coal Clap hands, baby Clap hands Clap hands That's a steam, it's a hundred bad dreams Goin’ up to Harlem with a pistol in my jeans Cincinnati jacket and a sad luck dame Hangin’ out the window with a bottle full of rain That's a roar, it's a thunder and a roar I ain't comin’ back no more I got a moon in the window, a bird on the pole I can always find a millionaire to shovel all that coal Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Shine, shine, a Roosevelt dime All the way to Baltimore, runnin’ out of time Salvation Army seemed to wind up in the hole They all went to Heaven in a little row boat That's a roar, it's a thunder and a roar I ain't never comin’ back no more Moon in the window, a bird on the pole I can always find a millionaire to shovel all that coal Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands, yeah Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Words and music by Tom Waits ©1988 Island Visual Arts |
![]() Produced by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan Recorded and mixed live to cassette by John Oster Recorded at RCA studios Tom Waits: Vocals Marc Ribot: Guitar Greg Cohen: Bass Ralph Carney: Michael Blair: Drums Time: 4.43 Track 16 on the album ‘Rain Dogs’ 1985 Another version is included in the movie 'Big Time' 1988, with the same personnel, and more or less the same lyrics More live versions available on these bootlegs: The Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 14, 1985 Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, October 6, 1987 Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, October 7, 1987 Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, October 8, 1987 The Outremont Theatre, Montreal, Canada, October 11, 1987 The Eugene O’Neill Theatre, New York, October 10, 1987 The Eugene O’Neill Theatre, New York, October 18, 1987 The Warner Theatre, Washington, DC, October 22, 1987 The Chicago Theatre, Chicago, October 31, 1987 The Power Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1987 The Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, November 1, 1987 The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, November 5, 1987 The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, November 9, 1987 The Olympic Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, November 17, 1987 The Hammersmith Odeon, London, November 19, 1987 Draken, Stockholm, Sweden, November 26, 1987 Draken, Stockholm, Sweden, November 27, 1987 Audimax, Hamburg, Germany, December 5, 1987 Freie Volksbuehne, Berlin, Germany, December 7, 1987 Freie Volksbuehne, Berlin, Germany, December 8, 1987 Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose, December 30, 1990 Rehearsals, San Francisco, December 31, 1990 The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, December 31, 1990 LA Riot Benefit, The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, May 30, 1992 ![]() |