Tom Waits – Martha

Tom Waits – Martha Lyrics

Artist: Tom Waits
Song: Martha

Operator, number, please
It’s been so many years
Will she remember my old voice
While I fight the tears?

Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
This is old Tom Frost
And I am calling long distance
Don’t worry ’bout the cost

‘Cause it’s been forty years or more
Now Martha please recall
Meet me out for coffee
Where we’ll talk about it all

And those were the days of roses
Poetry and prose and Martha
All I had was you and all you had was me
There was no tomorrows

We’d packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day
And I feel so much older now
And you’re much older too

How’s the husband?
And how’s your kids?
You know that I got married too?
Lucky that you found someone

To make you feel secure
‘Cause we were all so young and foolish
Now we are mature
And those were the days of roses

Poetry and prose and Martha
All I had was you and all you had was me
There was no tomorrow
We’d packed away our sorrows

And we saved them for a rainy day
And I was always so impulsive
I guess that I still am
And all that really mattered then

Was that I was a man
I guess that our being together
Was never meant to be
And Martha, Martha

I love you can’t you see?
And those were the days of roses
Poetry and prose and Martha
All I had was you and all you had was me

There was no tomorrows
We’d packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day
And I remember quiet evenings

Trembling close to you
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Tom Waits Lyrics – Martha

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From the album:
Closing Time (Remastered)
Release Year: 1973