Tom Waits - New years eve

^CThe door was open I was ^Gseething ^CYour mother burst in it was ^Ffreezing ^CShe said it looks like it’s ^Gtrying to ^Crain ^CI was lost I felt ^Gsea sick ^CYou convinced me that ^Fhe’d left ^CYou said keep talking but ^Gdon’t you use ^Cnames ^FI scolded your driver and your brother We are old enough to know how long you’ve been ^Chooked ^FAnd we’ve all been through the war, and each time you score Someone gets hauled and handcuffed and ^Cbooked ^G

^CIt felt like four in the ^Gmorning ^CWhat sounded like ^Ffire works ^CTurned out to be ^Gjust what it ^Cwas ^CThe stars looked like ^Gdiamonds ^CThen came the ^Fsirens ^CAnd everyone ^Gstarted to ^Ccuss ^FAll the noise was disturbing, and I couldn’t find Irving It was like two stations on at the ^Csame time ^FAnd then I hid your car keys, and I made black coffee And I dumped out the rest of the ^Crum - mh-^Gh-hm

^CNick and Socorro ^Gbroke up ^CAnd Candice wouldn’t ^Fshut up ^CFin he ^Grecorded the whole ^Cthing ^CRay he said ^Gdamn you ^CAnd someone broke my ^Fcamera ^CAnd it was New Years, ^Gand we all started to ^Csing

^FShould ^Cauld acquaintance ^Gbe forgot and ^Cnever brought to ^Fmind ^FShould ^Cauld acquaintance ^Gbe forgot for the ^Amsake of ^Fauld lang ^Csyne

^FI was leaving in the morning with Charles for Las Vegas And I didn’t plan to come ^Cback ^FI had only a few things, two hundred dollars And my records in a brown paper ^Csack ^{G C}I ran out on ^GSheila ^CEverything’s in ^Fstorage ^CCalvin’s right I should go ^Gback to driving ^Ctruck

^FShould ^Cauld acquaintance ^Gbe forgot and ^Cnever brought to ^Fmind ^FShould ^Cauld acquaintance ^Gbe forgot for the ^Amsake of ^Fauld lang ^Csyne