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“I wanted to be on the road. I wanted to be famous like Robert Frank’s photograph of Highway 85 going through New Mexico: a dramatic black-and-white photo with the highway going to a vanishing point.” - Tom Waits
(I’ve almost added this Robert Frank photo many times to the Visual Dictionary. Perhaps like you, I imagined this when I heard Tom’s songs.)
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“I wanted to be on the road. I wanted to be famous like Robert Frank’s photograph of Highway 85 going through New Mexico: a dramatic black-and-white photo with the highway going to a vanishing point.” - Tom Waits

(I’ve almost added this Robert Frank photo many times to the Visual Dictionary. Perhaps like you, I imagined this when I heard Tom’s songs.)

    • #tom waits
    • #robert frank
    • #the road
    • #inspiration
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She’s my headlamp and my road map and my hood ornament, my sunglasses and my spotlight, she’s all that.
Tom Waits describing his wife, Kathleen
    • #tom waits
    • #quote
    • #lucky in love
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I will leave behind all of my clothes I wore when I was with you. All I need’s my railroad boots and my leather jacket. 
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Tom’s Song: Ruby’s Arms
 
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I will leave behind all of my clothes I wore when I was with you. All I need’s my railroad boots and my leather jacket. 

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Tom’s Song: Ruby’s Arms

 

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    • #Ruby's Arms
    • #heartattack and vine
    • #Black and White
    • #photography
    • #Tom Waits
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Well, hell doesn’t want you and heaven is full.
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Tom’s Song: The Earth Died Screaming
Image from Lee Friedlander
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Well, hell doesn’t want you and heaven is full.

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Tom’s Song: The Earth Died Screaming

Image from Lee Friedlander

    • #Earth Died Screaming
    • #Bone Machine
    • #Black and White
    • #Tom Waits
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Pretend that you owe me nothing and all the world is green.
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Tom’s Song: All the World Is Green
Image from Stanley Kubrick
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Pretend that you owe me nothing and all the world is green.

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Tom’s Song: All the World Is Green

Image from Stanley Kubrick

    • #All the World Is Green
    • #Blood Money
    • #Black and White
    • #photography
    • #tom waits
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The piano is firewood. Times Square is a dream.
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Tom’s Song: Cold Cold Ground
Image found in a bonfire of pianos
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The piano is firewood. Times Square is a dream.

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Tom’s Song: Cold Cold Ground

Image found in a bonfire of pianos

    • #cold cold ground
    • #frank's wild years
    • #black and white
    • #photography
    • #tom waits
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All broken down by the side of the road. I was never more alive or alone.
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Tom’s Song: Take It With Me
Image from Sam Amato (it’s a hauling road in Alaska)
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All broken down by the side of the road. I was never more alive or alone.

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Tom’s Song: Take It With Me

Image from Sam Amato (it’s a hauling road in Alaska)

    • #mule variations
    • #take it with me
    • #black and white
    • #photography
    • #tom waits
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A songwriter is the king of the thimble or the queen of the teacup.
Tom Waits
    • #tom waits
    • #quote
    • #songwriting
    • #song
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I don’t want to feel all cooped up. I feel like I’m on a chain. I’ve got my ride all souped up. We’re never coming back again.
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Tom’s Song: Let’s Get Lost
Image from Dorothy Lange
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I don’t want to feel all cooped up. I feel like I’m on a chain. I’ve got my ride all souped up. We’re never coming back again.

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Tom’s Song: Let’s Get Lost

Image from Dorothy Lange

    • #let's get lost
    • #Bad as me
    • #Black and White
    • #photography
    • #tom waits
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Here comes the Big Black Mariah
Here comes the Big Black Ford
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Tom’s Song: Big Black Mariah
Image from Dorothy Lange 
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Here comes the Big Black Mariah

Here comes the Big Black Ford

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Tom’s Song: Big Black Mariah

Image from Dorothy Lange 

    • #big black mariah
    • #frank's wild years
    • #Black and White
    • #photography
    • #tom waits
  • 2 months ago
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