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Fish In the Jailhouse
Tom Waits
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Peoria John told Dudlow Joe
I could break out of any old jail you know
The bars are iron, the walls are stone
All I need me is an old fish bone
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We're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Alright, looka here
We're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Oh boy
We're serving fish in the jailhouse
Fish in the jailhouse tonight
Goldfin opal eye, hammerhead shark
Steelhead salmon or a mudbank carp
If I send one side door, I'll bring the other side sharp
Saturday night I'll be in Central Park
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We're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, alright
Looka here, that's serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Alright
We're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, oh boy
We're serving fish in the jailhouse
Fish in the jailhouse tonight
Ask Little John Jackson or the 44 Kid
Or Whitfield Faraday what I did
From Yazoo City down to Rolling Fork
From Natchez to Kenosha, from Newtown to New York
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We're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, alright
Looka here, fish in the jailhouse tonight
Alright, oh boy
We're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
We're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
We're serving fish in the jailhouse
Fish in the jailhouse tonight
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Give me a nice gun treble or a chicken of the sea
I'm gonna fashion me a fish bone skeleton key
Tell Scullion Childs I won't be late
You can bet your freedom I'm gonna clean my plate
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Serving fish in the jailhouse
Fish in the jailhouse tonight
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Alright
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