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I Hope That I don’t Fall In Love With You (Tom Waits)

In Japan, Tom Waits is known as an actor with a striking appearance, but in his home country he is also highly regarded as a singer-songwriter.

This song is from the 1973 album Closing Time.

It’s an unusual love song.

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Tom Waits – November

With a title as straightforward as “November,” this song carries an atmosphere that skips past autumn and drifts into early winter.

Born in America, the prodigious Tom Waits—an extraordinary singer-songwriter who also thrives as a distinctive actor—is the artist behind it.

Nicknamed the “drunken poet,” Tom is wildly beloved around the world, fellow musicians included.

“November” is a track included on the soundtrack to The Black Rider, the first musical for which Tom handled the music.

With a script by the legendary Beat poet William S.

Burroughs, the musical is avant-garde, and the album as a whole is not what you’d call easy listening—but for those who fall for it, it’s the kind of work that grabs you to your core.

There’s Tom’s unmistakable voice, the weathered resonance of his own piano and banjo, and lyrics that seem to reject the very season of November itself.

If you can learn to savor music like this slowly and deeply, it might just open the curtain on a new chapter of your musical life.

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Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (1985)

A song from American singer-songwriter Tom Waits’s eighth album, Rain Dogs, released in 1985.

This album was selected by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the “100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s.”

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Tom Waits – Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)

“Tom Traubert’s Blues” is a song by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, featured as the opening track on his 1976 album Small Change.

Debuting in 1973, Waits earned the nickname “the drunken poet” for his distinctive raspy voice and unique phrasing.

The characters who appear in his songs are mostly nameless, ordinary people.

In this work as well, you can hear a uniquely flavorful song that gazes warmly and gently at such down-and-out folks.

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Tom Waits – Anywhere I Lay My Head

A song depicting a man who longs for the joyful days he sees others enjoying.

It is sung by Tom Waits, an American singer-songwriter and actor.

The song is also known for being recorded by actress Scarlett Johansson as the title track of her 2008 album.