Top of the Hill Lyrics – Tom Waits

I’m gonna get me on the ride up
I’m gonna get
Can I have a little more on my voice?
Get me on the ride up

I’m on the top of the hill
I’m only goin’ to the top of the hill
New corn yellow and slaughterhouse red
The birds keep singing baby after you’re dead

I’m gonna miss you plenty big old world
With our abalone earrings and your mother of pearl
Stop and get me on the ride up
Stop and get me on the ride up

Stop and get me on the ride up
I’m only goin’ to the top of the hill
I’m only goin’ to the top of the hill
I need your moon to be the sky against

Don’t get your trouser button stuck on the fence
Diego red and bedlam money are fine
Why don’t you come up here and see me sometime
Stop and get me on the ride up

Stop and get me on the ride up
Stop and get me on the ride up
I’m only goin’ to the top of the hill
I’m only goin’

I’m only goin’
I’m only goin’ to the top of the hill
There’s very little leeway
I seen a mattress on the freeway

The moon rises over Dog Street
Jefferson said not every thing’s reet
Have all the lights burned out on heaven again
I’ll never roll the number 7 again

I’m made of bread and I’m on an ocean of wine
I hear all the birdies on the phone just fine
Stop and get me on the ride up
Stop and get me on the ride up

Stop and get me on the ride up
I’m only goin’
I’m only goin’
I’m only goin’ to the top of the hill

Black joke and the bean soup
Big sky and the Ford Coupe
Old maid and the dry bones
A red Rover and the Skinny Bones Jones

47 mules to pull this train
We’re getting married in the pouring rain
You need your differential and plenty of oil
You load the wagon till the end of the world

Stop and get me on the ride up
Stop and get me on the ride up
Stop and get me on the ride up
I’m only goin’

I’m only goin’
I’m only goin’ to the top of the hill
I’m only goin’ to the top of the hill
What’s your throttle made of, is it money or bone

Don’t you doddle or you’ll never get home
Opium, fireworks, vodka and meat
Scoot over and save me a seat
Stop and get me on the ride up

Stop and get me on the ride up
Stop and get me on the ride up
I’m only goin’
I’m only goin’

I’m only goin’ to the top of the hill
If I had it all to do all over again
I’d try to rise above the laws of man
Why don’ cha gimme ‘nother sip of your cup

Turn a Rolls Royce into a Chicken Coup
Stop and get me on the ride up
Stop and get me on the ride up
Stop and get me on the ride up

I’m only goin’
I’m only goin’
I’m only goin’ to the top of the hill
I’m only goin’ to the top of the hill

Hey!
Stop and get me on the ride up
Stop and get me on the ride up
I’m only goin’ to the top of the hill

Ha! Ha!
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Tom Waits Lyrics – Top of the Hill

Tom Waits

Top of the Hill