Telephone Call From Istanbul Lyrics

The song Telephone Call From Istanbul is performed by Tom Waits in the album named Franks Wild Years in the year 1990 .



All night long on the broken gla*s
livin in a medicine chest
mediteromanian hotel back
sprawled across a roll top desk
the monkey rode the blade on an
overhead fan
they paint the donkey blue if you pay
I got a telephone call from Istanbul
my baby's coming home today
will you sell me one of those if I shave my head
get me out of town is what fireball said
never trust a man in a blue trench coat
never drive a car when you're dead
Saturday's a festival
Friday's a gem
dye your hair yellow
and raise your hem
follow me to beulah's on
dry creek road
I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed
take me down to buy a tux
on red rose bear
got to cut a hole in the day
I got a telephone call from Istanbul
my baby's coming home today



Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years

Jun 1990

  1. Hang On St. Christopher
  2. Straight To TheTop (Rhumba)
  3. Blow Wind Blow
  4. Temptation
  5. Innocent When You Dream
  6. I'll Be Gone
  7. Yesterday Is Here
  8. Please Wake Me Up
  9. Franks Theme
  10. More Than Rain
  11. Way Down In The Hole
  12. Straight To The Top (Vegas)
  13. I'll Take New York
  14. Telephone Call From Istanbul
  15. Cold Cold Ground
  16. Train Song

Telephone Call From Istanbul