Don't Wait For Tom

He's got the hands of a blind piano player
 He's got a feel for the dark like a soothsayer
 He takes a little bow and tips his fedora
 Shouts like he's gonna save Sodom and Gomorrah
 Workin' for the circus X railroad bum
 Carnival barker for kingdom dot come
 Dusty ol' Gibson, opposable thumb
 Bangs out the rhythm on a 50-gallon drum
 Don't wait for Tom
 Tom's long gone, he's already moved on
 Don't wait for Tom
 I saw an ol' '55 Buick just before dawn
 I said, Hey, hey Tom
 The sun's comin' up, you got your wipers on
 Are you tryin' to make it rain again?
 Are you tryin' to make it rain again?
 Is it rainin' just around your bend?
 Are you tryin' to make it rain again?
 Sittin' in a corner with his pet muskrat
 Tossin' his cards into an old man's hat
 He grins at the girls, and they always grin back
 He bets an old waltz he could get 'em in the sack
 He makes his own music from the bell of a 'bone
 A waitress's falsie and a railroad phone
 Bobs on his knees to an old tarantella
 South of the border, he stole it from a fella
 Don't wait for Tom
 Tom's long gone, he's already moved on
 Don't wait for Tom
 I saw an ol' '55 Buick just before dawn
 I said, Hey, hey Tom
 The sun's comin' up, you got your wipers on
 Are you tryin' to make it rain again?
 Are you tryin' to make it rain again?
 Is it rainin' just around your bend?
 Are you tryin' to make it rain again?
 His triple-jointed juke fingers splay like a scarecrow
 He kneels down and whistles to a fallen sparrow
 His eyes light up when they wheel in a piano
 He reads a dirty joke out of an old Baptist hymnal
 He wears a tuxedo made of sackcloth and ashes
 Has a tattoo of a girl who can bat her eyelashes
 Down on the river, he was fishin' with a sword
 He knocked off John the Baptist for a word from the Lord
 He takes his coffee with the blood of a turnip
 Blushes his cheeks with an Amsterdam tulip
 Choppin' up a rooster for a pullet surprise
 If the gravy don't getcha, he'll getcha with his eyes
 Don't wait
 Hey Tom
 Sun's comin' up, you got your wipers on