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Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and has acted in supporting roles in films including Paradise Alley and Bram Stoker's Dracula; he also starred in the 1986 film Down by Law. He was nominated for an Academy Awa… more »


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2006
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The things a crow puts in its nest,
They're always things it finds that shine. 
And how he'll find a shiny dime,
Silver twine, from a valentine. 
The crows all bring them shiny things. 

Leave me alone you big ol' moon, 
The light you cast is just a lighter.
You're like the crow, 'cause if it goes,
You're dressed to go, you guessed, I know,
You'll always bring them shiny things. 

Well I'm not dancing here tonight,
But things are bound to turn around. 
The only thing I want that shines, 
Is to be king there in your eyes.
To be your only shiny thing.

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Written by: KATHLEEN BRENNAN, THOMAS ALAN WAITS

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