Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Back In the Good Old World (Gypsy) - Tom Waits

Back In the Good Old World (Gypsy) - Tom Waits
2:29
Night On Earth, 1992
Written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan

Clunking, shambling percussion and bleating horns punctuate an accordion line as Waits growls out what appears to be a ghost's determination to return.  "On October's last I'll fly back home / Rolling down winding way." he avers.  He may return on Halloween but he longs for summer.  "And all I've got's a pocket full of flowers on my grave," the spirit rumbles.  It's a great song, but the production could be clearer; it's a muted sound, even compared to the Waltz version of the song on the same album.

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