Lyrics to Singapore - Decade Lyrics

This version of Singapore was released by Tom Waits in 1985.

Our Tom Waits Songs profile has Singapore lyrics from 1985 and most if not all of the lyrics by Tom Waits that we have here at Decade Lyrics.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Tom Waits or about the 1980s in general.

We sail tonight for Singapore
We’re all as mad as hatters here
I’ve fallen for tawny moor
Took off to the land of Nod
Drank with all the Chinamen
Walked the sewers of Paris
I danced along a colored wind
Dangled from a rope of sand
You must say goodbye to me

We sail tonight for Singapore
Don’t fall asleep while you’re ashore
Cross your heart and hope to die
When you hear the children cry.
Let marrow bone and cleaver choose
While making feet for children shoes
Through the alley
Back from Hell
When you hear that steeple bell
You must say goodbye to me.

Wipe him down with gasoline
Till his arms are hard and mean,
From now on boys this iron boat’s your home
So heave away boys.

We sail tonight for Singapore
Take your blankets from the floor
Wash your mouth out by the door
The whole town is made of iron ore
Every witness turns to steam
They all become Italian dreams
Fill your pockets up with earth
Get yourself a dollar’s worth
Away boys, away, boys, heave away

The captain is a one-armed dwarf
He’s throwing dice along the wharf
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is King
So take this ring

Repeat First Verse

Want more lyrics and songs by Tom Waits?

Tom Waits has released many songs over the years besides Singapore. Tom Waits released songs from 1973 to 2004 spanning across albums like Closing Time, The Heart Of Saturday Night, Nighthawks At The Diner, Small Change, Foreign Affairs, Blue Valentine, Heartattack And Vine, Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Franks Wild Years, The Early Years Vol. 1, Bone Machine, The Black Rider, The Early Years Vol. 2, Mule Variations, Blood Money, Alice, and Real Gone. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Tom Waits.

More Songs & Lyrics by Tom Waits

Grapefruit Moon (1973)
Performed by Tom Waits
I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You (1973)
Performed by Tom Waits
Ice Cream Man (1973)
Performed by Tom Waits
Little Trip To Heaven (On The Wings Of Your Love) (1973)
Performed by Tom Waits
Lonely (1973)
Performed by Tom Waits
Martha (1973)
Performed by Tom Waits
Midnight Lullaby (1973)
Performed by Tom Waits
Ol’ 55 (1973)
Performed by Tom Waits
Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards) (1973)
Performed by Tom Waits

Show More Lyrics

Rosie (1973)
Performed by Tom Waits
Virginia Avenue (1973)
Performed by Tom Waits
(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night (1974)
Performed by Tom Waits
Depot, Depot (1974)
Performed by Tom Waits
Diamonds On My Windshield (1974)
Performed by Tom Waits
Drunk On The Moon (1974)
Performed by Tom Waits
Fumblin’ With The Blues (1974)
Performed by Tom Waits
New Coat Of Paint (1974)
Performed by Tom Waits
Please Call Me, Baby (1974)
Performed by Tom Waits
San Diego Serenade (1974)
Performed by Tom Waits
Semi Suite (1974)
Performed by Tom Waits
Shiver Me Timbers (1974)
Performed by Tom Waits
The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone’s Pizza House) (1974)
Performed by Tom Waits
Better Off Without A Wife (1975)
Performed by Tom Waits
Big Joe And Phantom 309 (1975)
Performed by Tom Waits
Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson) (1975)
Performed by Tom Waits
Emotional Weather Report (1975)
Performed by Tom Waits
Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street) (1975)
Performed by Tom Waits
Nobody (1975)
Performed by Tom Waits
On A Foggy Night (1975)
Performed by Tom Waits
Putnam County (1975)
Performed by Tom Waits
Spare Parts I (A Nocturnal Emission) (1975)
Performed by Tom Waits
Warm Beer And Cold Women (1975)
Performed by Tom Waits
Bad Liver And A Broken Heart (In Lowell) (1976)
Performed by Tom Waits
I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work (And See My Baby On Montgomery Avenue) (1976)
Performed by Tom Waits
I Wish I Was In New Orleans (In The Ninth Ward) (1976)
Performed by Tom Waits
Invitation To The Blues (1976)
Performed by Tom Waits
Jitterburg Boys (1976)
Performed by Tom Waits
Pasties And A G-String (At The Two O’Clock Club) (1976)
Performed by Tom Waits
Small Change (Got Rained On With His Own .38) (1976)
Performed by Tom Waits
Step Right Up (1976)
Performed by Tom Waits
The One That Got Away (1976)
Performed by Tom Waits
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (1976)
Performed by Tom Waits
Tom Traubert’s Blues (1976)
Performed by Tom Waits
A Sight For Sore Eyes (1977)
Performed by Tom Waits
Barber Shop (1977)
Performed by Tom Waits
Burma Shave (1977)
Performed by Tom Waits
Foreign Affair (1977)
Performed by Tom Waits
I Never Talk To Strangers (1977)
Performed by Tom Waits
Medley: Jack & Neal / California, Here I Come (1977)
Performed by Tom Waits
Muriel (1977)
Performed by Tom Waits

Visit our Tom Waits profile for more Tom Waits songs, lyrics & info!