Tom Waits loves the moon (don’t we all?) By my count he has mentioned the moon in a song more than 80 times. Here’s all the things he says the moon is like.
Yellow Silver
From “All The World is Green”
A Pearl
From “Back in the Good Old World”
A Coffee Stain
From “Bottom of the World”
A Bone
From “Buma Shave” and “November”
A Piece of Rotten Wood
From “Children’s Story”
A Silver Slipper
From “Drunk on the Moon”
A Banana
From “Little Trip to Heaven”
China
From “Metropolitan Glide”
A Yellow Biscuit of a Buttery Cue Ball
From “Nighthawk Postcards”
Dracula
From “Nighthawk Postcards”
A Stray Dog
From “Putnam County”
A Sickle
From “Romeo is Bleeding”
Apricot
From “Rosie”
A Yellow Stain
From “This One’s From the Heart”
A Grapefruit
From “Grapefruit Moon”