Martha-Tom Waits

[ti:Martha] [ar:Tom Waits] [al:Closing Time] [by:] [offset:0] [00:17.69]Operator number please: it's been so many years [00:24.82]Will she remember my old voice while I fight the tears [00:33.13]Hello hello there is this Martha this is old Tom Frost [00:39.91] [00:40.98]And I am calling long distance don't worry 'bout the cost [00:47.67] [00:48.79]'Cause it's been forty years or more now Martha please recall [00:54.74] [00:56.80]Meet me out for coffee where we'll talk about it all [01:02.42] [01:04.30]And those were the days of roses poetry and prose [01:13.03]And Martha all I had was you and all you had was me [01:18.46] [01:20.77]There was no tomorrows we'd packed away our sorrows [01:26.67] [01:27.79]And we saved them for a rainy day [01:32.23] [01:42.98]And I feel so much older now and you're much older too [01:50.21]How's your husband and how's the kids you know that I got married too [01:58.65]Luck that you found someone to make you feel secure [02:04.33] [02:06.03]'Cause we were all so young and foolish now we are mature [02:12.53] [02:15.58]And those were the days of roses poetry and prose [02:22.40] [02:22.96]And Martha all I had was you and all you had was me [02:28.21] [02:30.15]There was no tomorrows we'd packed away our sorrows [02:36.84]And we saved them for a rainy day [02:40.15] [02:58.98]And I was always so impulsive I guess that I still am [03:07.41]And all that really mattered then was that I was a man [03:12.29] [03:14.16]I guess that our being together was never meant to be [03:22.23]And Martha Martha I love you can't you see [03:28.04] [03:30.99]And those were the days of roses poetry and prose [03:38.60]And Martha all I had was you and all you had was me [03:45.60] [03:46.98]There was no tomorrows we'd packed away our sorrows [03:52.99] [03:53.68]And we saved them for a rainy day [03:58.88] [04:08.15]And I remember quiet evenings trembling close to you