tom waits
top of the hill
I'm gonna get me on the ride up I'm gonna get  Can I have a little more on my voice?  Get me on the ride up I'm on the top of the hill I'm only goin' to the top of the hill  New corn yellow and slaughterhouse red The birds keep singing baby after you're dead I'm gonna miss you plenty big old world With our abalone earrings and your mother of pearl  Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up I'm only goin' to the top of the hill I'm only goin' to the top of the hill  I need your moon to be the sky against Don't get your trouser button stuck on the fence Diego red and bedlam money are fine Why don't you come up here and see me sometime  Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up I'm only goin' to the top of the hill I'm only goin' I'm only goin' I'm only goin' to the top of the hill  There's very little leeway I seen a mattress on the freeway The moon rises over Dog Street Jefferson said not every thing's reet Have all the lights burned out on heaven again I'll never roll the number 7 again  I'm made of bread and I'm on an ocean of wine I hear all the birdies on the phone just fine  Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up I'm only goin' I'm only goin' I'm only goin' to the top of the hill  Black joke and the bean soup Big sky and the Ford Coupe Old maid and the dry bones A red Rover and the Skinny Bones Jones 47 mules to pull this train We're getting married in the pouring rain You need your differential and plenty of oil You load the wagon till the end of the world  Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up I'm only goin' I'm only goin' I'm only goin' to the top of the hill I'm only goin' to the top of the hill  What's your throttle made of, is it money or bone Don't you doddle or you'll never get home Opium, fireworks, vodka and meat Scoot over and save me a seat  Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up I'm only goin' I'm only goin' I'm only goin' to the top of the hill  If I had it all to do all over again I'd try to rise above the laws of man Why don' cha gimme 'nother sip of your cup Turn a Rolls Royce into a Chicken Coup  Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up I'm only goin' I'm only goin' I'm only goin' to the top of the hill  I'm only goin' to the top of the hill Hey!   Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up I'm only goin' to the top of the hill  Ha! Ha!