Table Top Joe Lyrics - Alice (the Original Demos) - Tom Waits

I knew one day 

One, one, two, one, two, three 

Well my mama didn't want me 

On the day I was born 

I was born without a body 

I got nothing but scorn 

But I always loved music 

All I had was my hands 

I dreamed I'd be famous 

And I'd work at The Sands 

Singing, Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe 

Now everyone will know 

That I'm Tabletop Joe 

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I had trouble with the pedals 

But I had a strong left hand 

And I could play Stravinsky 

On a baby grand 

I said, 'I'm gonna join the circus 

Cause that's where I belong' 

So I went to Coney Island 

I was singing this song 

Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe 

Now everyone knows 

Yeah I'm Tabletop Joe 

They gave me top billing 

In the Dreamland show 

I had my own orchestra 

Starring Tabletop Joe 

And the man without a body 

Proved everyone wrong 

I was rich and I was famous 

I was where I belonged, yeah 

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Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe 

Now everyone knows, yeah 

Tabletop Joe 

Take it home boy