tom waits
From 1973 Elektra album "Closing Time". Waits' first album, and his most busker-friendly one: material and performance not so very nightclub-like, music not too much inspired by jazz, blues and ridiculous rythms - and his vocals still sound like coming from THIS side of hell :-D
well I hope that I don't fall in love with you
falling in love just makes me blue
the music plays and you display you heart for me to see
I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for me
and I hope that I don't fall in love with you
well the room is crowded with people everywhere
and I wonder should I offer you a chair?
well if you sit down with this old clown • take that frown and break it
before the evening's gone away I think that we could make it
and I hope that I don't fall in love with you
well the night does funny things inside a man
this old tomcat's feelings you can't understand
I turn around to look at you and light a cigarette
I wish I had the guts to bum one but we've never met
and I hope that I don't fall in love with you
well it seems like you are lonesome just like me
and indeed you seem to like some company
I turn around to look at you and you look back at me
the guy you're with is up and split • the chair next to is free
and I hope that you don't fall in love with me
now it's closing time and the music's fading out
let's call for drinks • I'll have another stout
I turn around to look at you • nowhere to be found
I search the place for your lost face cause I'll have another 'round
and I think that I just fell in love with you
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
G C D7/9 D7 well I hope that I don't fall in love with you G C D7/9 D7 falling in love just makes me blue C G Am G the music plays and you display you heart for me to see C G Am D7/9 D7 I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for me G C D7 G and I hope that I don't fall in love with you
