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Tom Waits

Eyeball Kid
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Hey, hey Hey, hey Hey, hey Mrs. Norbury, yeah, and Carter and the powder had Sixteen children in the usual style They had a curio museum and they had no gal All they ever wanted was a showbiz child The seventh of December in 1949 They thought we'd give him wishing for all of the time Grew up in a trailer, by the time he was nine Rolled off to join the circus telling fortunes on the side Hail, hail, the Eyeball Kid, woo Well, the first time I saw him was the Saigon jail Cost me twenty-seven dollars just to go his bail I said, "Your name'll be in lights, and that's no doubt But you got to have a manager is what it's all about" Yeah, yeah, yeah Well, people would point, people would stare I always be here to protect you and to cut down on the glare I know you can't speak, I know you can't sign So cry right here on the dotted line Hail, hail, the Eyeball Kid Well, he was born without a body, not even a brow I made the kid a promise, I made the kid a vow He's not conventionally handsome, he'll never be tall He said, "All I got to do is look, man, to cause a get-all" Woo, he's just a little bitty thing, he's just a little guy But women go crazy for the big blue eye How does he dream? How does he think? When he can't even speak and he can't even blink? I said, "Hail, hail, the Eyeball Kid" Hail, hail, the Eyeball Kid Hail, hail, Eyeball Give it up and throw me down a couple of quid Everybody wants to see the Eyeball Kid Woo Come on and get back They say, "How does he dream? How does he think? When he can't even speak and he can't even blink?" We're all lost in the wilderness, we're blind as can be He come down to teach us how to really see Hoo (Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah) So give it up and throw me down a couple of quid Everybody wants to see the Eyeball Kid Give it up and throw me down a couple of quid Everybody wants to see the Eyeball Kid Give it up, give it up Give it up and throw me down a couple of quid Everybody wants to see the Eyeball Kid Eyeball Kid, Eyeball Kid Ooh, the Eyeball Kid Eyeball Kid Eyeball Kid Eyeball Kid Eyeball Kid