Soldier's Things Lyrics

  Tom Waits: Vocal
  Greg Cohen: Acoustic bass
 
 Davenports and kettle drums
 and swallow tail coats
 table cloths and patent leather shoes
 bathing suits and bowling balls
 and clarinets and rings
 and all this radio really
 needs is a fuse
 a tinker, a tailor
 a soldier's things
 his rifle, his boots full of rocks
 and this one is for bravery
 and this one is for me
 and everything's a dollar
 in this box
 
 Cuff links and hub caps
 trophies and paperbacks
 it's good transportation
 but the brakes aren't so hot
 neck tie and boxing gloves
 this jackknife is rusted
 you can pound that dent out
 on the hood
 a tinker, a tailor
 a soldier's things
 his rifle, his boots full of rocks
 oh and this one is for bravery
 and this one is for me
 and everything's a dollar
 in this box