Foreign Affair - Foreign Affairs-Tom Waits

[ti:Foreign Affair] [ar:Tom Waits] [al:Foreign Affairs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:13.79]When travelling abroad in the continental style [00:16.80] [00:19.86]It's my belief one must attempt to be discreet [00:24.74] [00:31.09]And subsequently bear in mind your transient position [00:35.09] [00:37.34]Allows you a perspective that's unique [00:39.41] [00:44.05]Though you'll find your itinerary's a blessing and a curse [00:47.98] [00:51.56]Your wanderlust won't let you settle down [00:54.80] [00:58.84]And you'll wonder how you ever fathomed that you'd be content [01:06.00]To stay within the city limits of a small midwestern town [01:14.73]Most vagabonds i knowed don't ever want to find the culprit [01:19.73] [01:22.57]That remains the object of their long relentless quest [01:29.07]The obsession's in the chasing and not the apprehending [01:33.51] [01:37.56]The pursuit you see and never the arrest [01:40.38] [01:48.60]Without fear of contradiction bon voyage is always hollered [01:53.69] [01:56.13]In conjunction with a handkerchief from shore [01:59.56] [02:02.76]By a girl that drives a rambler and furthermore [02:08.70]Is overly concerned that she won't see him anymore [02:12.88] [02:16.26]Planes and trains and boats and buses [02:21.60]Characteristically evoke a common attitude of blue [02:31.06] [02:34.04]Unless you have a suitcase and a ticket and a passport [02:39.35] [02:41.38]And the cargo that they're carrying is you [02:45.26] [02:52.92]A foreign affair juxtaposed with a stateside [02:59.04] [03:00.98]And domestically approved romantic fancy [03:07.29] [03:09.22]Is mysteriously attractive due to circumstances knowing [03:14.84] [03:16.91]It will only be parlayed into a memory