![]() ![]() Tom Waits (1977): "That song was about a girl I knew once," Waits said about "San Diego Serenade," one of his few compositions that displays any sort of personal reflection. I don't know him, I don't talk to him." (Source: Folkscene 1973, with Howard and Roz Larman (KPFK-FM 90.7). Tom Waits (1973): " Writing on the piano is different than writing on guitar, you get different feels, in fact a lot of times you you write a tune with some other artist in mind which is, in fact, I got one of those right here, I kind of had Ray Charles in mind, it's called: San Diego Serenade." Interviewer - You wrote that with Ray Charles in mind? TW: " Yeah, I kind of thought he'd like to do it, I don't know. Collector's Choice (originally released by Asylum in 1978 on "Lost and Found") Leola TPGCD19 (CD version of the 1976 album) Ariol/ Gig Records 74321 797002 (in German: "Heimatserenade") Nach mir die Sintflut - Ambros singt Waits. Bridge Recording, various re-releases until 2004 (performed by Cliff Aungier)Ĭovers. Elba Records (re-released in 1998)īlues Britannia. Late Night Grande Hotel, Nanci Griffith, 1991. Flying Fish Records (re-released in 1993) Mays TG002 (LP - Reissue of Right Side Up. Asylum 6E114 (re-released in 2004: "I'm Easy/ Lost & Found") Trio/ Playboy Records, PB-203 (7" single w. "Anthology Of Tom Waits", WEA/ Elektra, 1984Īrrangement and lyrics published in " Tom Waits - Anthology" (Amsco Publications, 1988/ Nuova Carisch, 2000) ![]() Official release: "The Heart Of Saturday Night", Elektra/ Asylum Records, 1974 I never saw my hometown 'til I stayed away too long I never saw the sunshine 'til you turned out your love light, baby I never saw your tears until they rolled down your face I never saw your heart until someone tried to steal, tried to steal it away I never saw the moonlight until it shone off of your breast I never saw the east coast until I moved to the west ![]() I never felt my heart strings until I nearly went insane I never spoke "I love you" 'til I cursed you in vain I never knew I needed you until I was caught up in a bind now I never saw the white line 'til I was leavin' you behind I never heard the melody until I needed the song I never saw my hometown until I stayed away too long I never saw the sunshine 'til you turned out the light ![]() I never saw the mornin' 'til I stayed up all night ![]()
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