Little Drop of Poison Lyrics by Tom Waits

(from the album Orphans)

Little Drop of Poison Lyrics

I like my town

With a little drop of poison

Nobody knows

They're linin' up to go insane



I'm all alone

I smoke my friends down to the filter

But I feel much cleaner

After it rains



And she left in the fall

That's her picture on the wall

She always had that little drop of poison



Did the Devil

Make the World

While God was sleeping

You'll never get a wish from a bone



Another long goodbye

And a hundred sailors

That deep blue sky

Is my home



And she left in the fall

That's her picture on the wall

She always had that little drop of poison



Well a rat

Always knows

When he's in with weasels

Here you lose a little everyday



Well I remember

When a million was a million

They all have ways

To make you pay



And she left in the fall

That's her picture on the wall

She always had that little drop of poison



And she left in the fall

That's her picture on the wall

She always had that little drop of poison

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Other Lyrics from Orphans

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2. Bottom of the World Lyrics
3. Children's Story Lyrics
4. Long Way Home Lyrics
5. Lucinda Lyrics
6. Shiny Things Lyrics
7. You Can Never Hold Back Spring Lyrics

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• Big Time Lyrics
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• Bone Machine Lyrics
• Night On Earth (Soundtrack) Lyrics
• The Black Rider Lyrics
• The Early Years, Vol. 2 Lyrics
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