One of my favourites. I always thought the last line ‘I’ll be eligible for parole come valentines day’ was kind of a way of the hooker saying, ‘if you lend me the money we could spend Valentine’s Day together and I’ll pay you back
I remember one day in high school I walked into my photography class and my teacher was playing Tom Waits. Most of us kind of chuckled at the bizarre gravely singing and off beat music coming out of the stereo. I will never forget what my teach told us upon our reaction, he said: “Go ahead and laugh now, but in 5-10 years, after you have experienced real life, and seen what the real world can really be like, you will come to appreciate the music of someone like Tom Waits.” One of the most accurate predictions I’ve ever experienced.