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The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone’s Pizza House)

This version of The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone’S Pizza House) was released by Tom Waits in 1974.

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A cab combs the snake,
Tryin’ to rake in that last night’s fare,
And a solitary sailor
Who spends the facts of his life like small change on strangers…

Paws his inside P-coat pocket for a welcome twenty-five cents,
And the last bent butt from a package of Kents,
As he dreams of a waitress with Maxwell House eyes
And marmalade thighs with scrambled yellow hair.

Her rhinestone-studded moniker says, “Irene”
As she wipes the wisps of dishwater blonde from her eyes
And the Texaco beacon burns on,
The steel-belted attendant with a ‘Ring and Valve Special’…
Cryin’ “Fill’er up and check that oil”
“You know it could be a distributor and it could be a coil.”

The early mornin’ final edition’s on the stands,
And that town cryer’s cryin’ there with nickels in his hands.
Pigs in a blanket sixty-nine cents,
Eggs – roll ’em over and a package of Kents,
Adam and Eve on a log, you can sink ’em damn straight,
Hash browns, hash browns, you know I can’t be late.

And the early dawn cracks out a carpet of diamond
Across a cash crop car lot filled with twilight Coupe Devilles,
Leaving the town in a-keeping
Of the one who is sweeping
Up the ghost of Saturday night…

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When you decide to study the lyrics to The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone’S Pizza House), you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Tom Waits. Some of the lyrics to The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone’S Pizza House) have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Tom Waits and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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