Spare Parts II and Closing
Tom Waits

I wanna thank you all very much for comin' this evening. It really made mynnight. It would have been real strange here if nobody would have showed up.nI'd like to introduce my group this evening and... it's been a real pressurenand... A pressure and a pliviledge to work with these gentlemen.nI'd like to introduce...nPlease give a warm round of applause for Michael Melvoin on piano!nOn saxophone, Pete Christlieb!nOn bass, Jim Hughart!nAnd on drums, Bill Goodwin!nYeah... They all come from good families, but... over the years they justnkinda individually developed some ways about them that just aren't right,nyou know.nI was real pleased... I noticed everybody coming in this evening, you're allndecked out in full regalia and everything and... appreciate you gettin'ndressed up for an affair such as this. You know, I think it's something thatnI've always tried to be as concerned about as possible and... Somebody saidnto me one day, 'Christ, Waits! You look so goddam raggedy, why don't you getnyourself something to wear, you know?'nI said, 'Yeah well, not a bad idea'. Maybe a serious seersucker Saturdaynevening cranberry accoutrement ensemble would be nice. So I went down tonSeider & Seider and I said, 'I want something sharp!' I said, 'I'm kinda in thenmarket, in the neighborhood of something like... maybe some green gabardinesnwith boneroo britches. And a leviticously duteronomous sort of catastrophicnlunch-box Stetson, you know. I'd like to get some Danger High Voltagenslacks, with high top, mid noon, brushed suede penny loafers, so I can benpassing out wolf tickets regardless of where I go.' Walk into the 20 GrandnClub... And the Soul & Inspirations are playin'. Yeah, and you're cuttin' anrug and pullin' on a coat and emotin'. Band is kickin' into some longnversion of 'Harlem Nocturne' or somethin'. You get designs on a girl in thencorner. You say, 'Say baby... live around here?'nYeah... I think I'm gonna plant you now and I'm gonna dig you later. Makenlike a bakery truck and haul buns. Make like a hockey player and get thenpuck out of here. I gotta go see a man about a dog, I'll see you later.nThank you very much for comin' this evening!


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  (My Baby Left Me on a) Trash Day   2:19   A Nickel's Worth of Dreams   A-Chick A-Boom   Adios Lounge   Ain't Goin' Down to the Well   All the Time   Alter Boy   Annie's Back in Town   Army Ants   Babbachichuija   Baby Gonna Leave Me   Baby I'm Not a Baby Anymore   Bend Down the Branches   Big Face Money   Black Box Theme   Bottom of the World   Bride of Rain Dog   Bride of Rain Dog [Instrumental]   Bronx Lullabye/Smugglers Waltz   Brother Can You Spare a Dime?   But He's Not Wilhelm   Calliope   Calliope [Instrumental]   Carnival   Carnival Bob's Confession   Chase the Clouds Away   Children's Story   Cinny's Waltz   Circus Girl   Clang Boom Steam   Closing Time   Coattails of a Dead Man   Date to Church (The Replacements cover)   Dave the Butcher   Dave the Butcher [Instrumental]   Diamond in Your Mind   Do You Know What I Idi Amin   Dog Door   Dog Treat   Dragging a Dead Priest   Fawn   Fish in the Jailhouse   Flash Pan Hunter (Intro)   Good Night Loving Trail   Good Old World (Gypsy Instrumental)   Good Old World (Gypsy Instrumental) [Instrumental]   Gospel Train/Orchestra   Heart of Saturday Night   Helium Reprise   Helsinki Mood   Highway Cafe   Home I'll Never Be   I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know About Her   I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby   I'm Not Your Fool Anymore   In Shades   In the Morning   Instrumental Montage (The Tango/Circus Girl)   Interlude   Intro to "Better Off Without a Wife"   Intro to "Big Joe and Phantom 309"   Intro to "Eggs and Sausage"   Intro to "On a Foggy Night"   Intro to "Putnam County"   Intro to "Warm Beer and Cold Women"   It Rains on Me (with Chuck E. Weiss)   It's Over   Jayne's Blue Wish   Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet   Just Another Dime Store Novel   Just Another Sucker on the Vine   Just Another Sucker on the Vine [Instrumental]   King Kong (Daniel Johnston cover)   Kitate   Knife Chase   Knife Chase [Instrumental]   Lie to Me   Little Man   Lord I've Been Changed   Los Angeles Mood   Los Angeles Theme   Louise   LowDown   Lucinda   Martin Goes and Does Where It's At   Memories of What   Metrotown   Midtown   Midtown [Instrumental]   Missing My Son   Never Let Go   New York Mood   Nirvana   No One Can Forgive Me but My Baby   Old Time Feelin'   On the Other Side of the World [Instrumental]   Once More Before I Go   Opening Intro   Opening Montage (Tom's Piano Intro/Once Upon a Tow...   Papa's Got a Brand New Bag   Paradise Alley   Paris Mood   Pay Me   Playin' Hooky   Poor Little Lamb   Presents   Purple Avenue   Putting on the Dog   Rainbirds   Rainbirds [Instrumental]   Rains on Me   Raised Right Men   Red Shoes   Return of Jackie & Judy (The Ramones cover)   Road to Peace   Russian Dance   Satisfied   Sea of Love   Serrano   Shiny Things   Silent Night   Slam on Little Sheep   Sleep Tonight (The Rolling Stones cover)   Smuggler's Waltz   Somewhere [From West Side Story]   Spacious Thoughts   Spidey's Wild Ride   Standing on the Corner   Straydog   Sweet and Shiny Eyes (Bonnie Raitt cover)   Take Care of All My Children   Tell It to Me   The Big Rock Candy Mountain   The Dwarfs' Marching Song   The Movie   The Pontiac   The Tango   Thousand Bing Bangs   Tom Tales   Tom's Piano Intro   Tommy the Cat   Two Sisters   Waitin' for Waits   Waltzing Mathilda   Wedding Spring   What Else Is New?   What Keeps Mankind Alive?   Whose Sportcoat Is That?   Widow's Grove   With a Suitcase   World Keeps Turning   World of Adventure-River of Man   You Can Never Hold Back Spring   You Can Never Hold Back Spring   Young at Heart

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