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Grapefruit Moon

by Tom Waits

on Closing Time (Remastered) (1973), The Early Years Vol. 2 (1993)

Grapefruit moon, one star shining, shining down on me
Heard that tune, now I'm pining, honey, can't you see?
'Cause every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks inside
And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, can't turn back the tide

Never had no destinations could not get acrost
You became my inspiration, oh, but what a cost
Every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks inside
The grapefruit moon, one star shining, is more than I can hide

Now I'm smoking cigarettes and I strive for purity
And I slip just like the stars into obscurity
And every time I hear that melody, it puts me up a tree
And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is all that I can see