Sins Of My Father Tom Waits
When asked about the song in an interview waits said the sins of the father will be visited upon the son.
Sins of my father tom waits. God said don t give me your tin horn prayers don t buy roses off the street down there took it all and took the dirt road home dreaming of jenny with the light brown hair night is falling like a bloody axe lies and rumors and the wind at my back hand on the w. Took it all and took the dirt road home. From the album real gone i know it s a pretty simple tab but might help someone hope you enjoy and rate it flatwound sins of the father capo 1st fret am am god said don t give me your tin horn prayers am am and don t buy roses from the street down there dm dm took it all and took the dirt road home am am dreaming of jenny with. He started his career in the early 1970s as a singer in spit n sawdust bars.
Don t buy roses off the street down there. Hand on the wheel gravel on the road. Watch the video for sins of my father from tom waits s real gone for free and see the artwork lyrics and similar artists. Took it all and took the dirt road home.
Lies and rumors and the wind at my back. Everybody knows that this song is not only about the sins of a father being passed to the son but the sins of humankind being passed to a generation. About sins of my father unreviewed in this song the narrator is sentenced to death and is attempting to wash himself clean of his and his family s sins so that god will welcome him in. Dreaming of jenny with the light brown hair.
Sins of my father. God said don t give me your. God said don t give me your. Tom waits born thomas alan waits in pomona california on december 7 1949 is a prolific american singer songwriter composer and actor.
Night is falling like a bloody axe. Dreaming of jenny with the light brown hair. Night is falling like a bloody axe. Lies and rumors and the wind at my back.
Don t give me your tin horn prayers don t buy roses off the street down there took it all and took the dirt road home dreaming of jenny with the light brown hair. Sins of my father. Lyrics to sins of my father by tom waits.