Outside another yellow moon Has punched a hole in the nighttime, yes I climb through the window and down the street I'm shining like a new dime The downtown trains are full With all those Brooklyn girls They try so hard to break out of their little worlds Well, you wave your hand and they scatter like crows They have nothing that will ever capture your heart They're just thorns without the rose Be careful of them in the dark Oh if I was the one You chose to be your only one Oh baby can't you hear me now, can't you hear me now? Will I see you tonight On a downtown train? Every night it's just the same You leave me lonely, now I know your window and I know it's late I know your stairs and your doorway I walk down your street and past your gate I stand by the light at the four-way You watch them as the fall Oh baby, they all have heart attacks They stay at the carnival But they'll never win you back Will I see you tonight On a downtown train? Every night it's just the same Oh, baby Will I see you tonight On a downtown train? All of my dreams just fall like rain Oh, baby, on a downtown train Will I see you tonight On a downtown train? Every night, every night it's just the same Oh, baby Will I see you tonight On a downtown train? All of my dreams just fall like rain Well, on a downtown train Well, on a downtown train Well, on a downtown train Well, on a downtown train On a downtown train
My husband sadly ended his pain in 1994 he always sang this song to me. Can't wait to see to see you at Sweden Rock Festival 2022 if you sign this I'll be the girl in front crying. Amazing you are
@@giuseppemurroni2011 thank you, I lost 2 by my 27th Birthday in completely different ways. I still believe in love I lost two big musicians as well. I still believe in love magical dreams hope's. Thank you dearly I mean that. He was a documented genius and discovered by Less paul at 14. It's at peace saved 9 lives and has to be free of that amazing innocent brain. He's enjoying the universe I'm sure. Again ty music was his medicine his writing playing working. I regardless of how many people honestly I lost loved family as well... always remember songs and they bring back some pretty amazing memories.
@@moominpic thank you. I have been attending from day one. I'm as well in this industry. I'm getting ready to go back on the road, planes tour busses. For the first time I'm in fear preparing myself as well because I already know it's going to be like everyone's first time on stage touring. I ask myself daily who will I find or be rushing to a hospital. I've been waiting for the day off hearing him singing this song. As I'm working on a book called both n sides of the stage.the book will be a million
One of the great American songwriters and one of the most soulful vocalists ever recorded,for those posting below who prefer Rod Stewart's anodyne version my sympathies for their tin ears.
I compare Rod Stewart's technically perfect but ultimately shallow cover of this song. It is a good song, but the evocative imagery, the grittiness, the dirt, the noise of the city that both disturbs your sleep and unleashes the soul - you need Tom Waits' version for that
yeah shallow cus he could not be assed to do something original,tom waits would ride a night train still while the rest of em wouldnt allow there golden spit on it, don van fleet,shane mcgowan are up there too and i dare ya all to listen to bob vylans song we live here its pure as tom xxx
Well, Rod was in his 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?' phase by the time this came out. Even the cod Americana of 'Gasoline Alley' was long gone. He liked to arse about a lot but he could be meticulous, which is probably why it's technically perfect.
Soberbo, magnífico, vejo-te todas as noites no comboio da noite….que emoção, só Tom Waits, como eu gostava de o ver no comboio que leva há cidade e de passar o seu portão, olhar para a sua janela. Onde apanho o Downtowntrain?
Tremendo valor su arte. La verdadera verdad es que en mi peripecia personal me ahorré infinidades de consultas a expertos de ésto aquello y lo otro,fuera por necesidad de ignorante,mala gente,o mala junta como fue común decir ,que en fin,tanta cosa que cualquiera escucha en la vivir. Escuchar música así. Gracias Tom Waits.
@@moclarkmusic it was in monostraki in athens we met some cool people one of them was the sister of agnetha faltskog from abba she sang the leonard cohen song suzanne but when i figured out who she was it freaked her out the best part was improvising on the spot i like doing my own songs better
Wow. What's with the hate in the comments. If you don't like it why even leave a comment? Oh well. I'm not sure I own the album this is on. May have to rectify that. Edit: I have the album, I just need to listen to it more.
When Tom Waits, about to start recording Rain Dogs, was asked by his record company who he wanted on his record, Waits did not hesitate and said, "Keith Richards" Waits, who was a big fan of the Stones (he always highlights Exile On Main Street as being among his favorite albums), thought it was a joke, but he got really nervous when he learned that the record company was serious and had spoken with his Satanic Majesty. A week later a note came to him: "The wait is over, let's dance. Keith." At that moment began one of the most intense relationships between two icons of the twentieth century. Two men who got along so well that some nights they ended a song and others a bottle of whiskey. In Rain Dogs his guitar was noticeable in the 'bluesy' Big Black Mariah and on the beautiful country touch of Blind Love, a song in which he exchanged 'licks' with Robert Quine and added baking vocals for Waits. In 1992 would arrive That Feel, a song composed by both, which closed the splendid Bone Machine, and in 2011 Keith would appear again in several songs on Bad As Me, including that tribute to his companion in the Stones, Mick Jagger, and to himself, on Satisfied.
I give him credit he wrote this song and he's a talented writer, but sadly not so much a singer. Like one Tom Waits fan said; "Waits is not for everyone, he sounds like a chain smoking werewolf."
totally. this stuff is horrible. He's singing too softly. not articulating his words, and affecting his voice because he's scared of melody, or too self-conscious. Like a lot of books people claim to have read and enjoyed, Tom Waits is on the pretentious, snotty, NYer checklist.
@@brianmcmillan7426 idk brian mcmillan is probably worse. How often do you listen to this? Lmao. Ur down at the bottom of the comments here having an intellectual sped-off with some other genius. Tom sounds good on other tracks, but really man, come on. The way he sounds is a joke. I like the guy, but really..
this stuff is horrible. He's singing too softly. not articulating his words, and affecting his voice because he's scared of melody, or too self-conscious. Like a lot of books people claim to have read and enjoyed, Tom Waits is on the pretentious, snotty, NYer checklist.
@@AlexanderNixonArtHistory No, you need no medical intervention unless you scalded your tongue with the vitriol you spew? It's your judgemental attitude and pretense of having an inner knowledge of someone's soul that elicited a response from me...I don't care that you care not for his music.
@@AlexanderNixonArtHistory And you just plagiarized Shakespeare...you probably claim to have read his works and to have enjoyed them...you owe the great Bard an apology.
Outside another yellow moon
Has punched a hole in the nighttime, yes
I climb through the window and down the street
I'm shining like a new dime
The downtown trains are full
With all those Brooklyn girls
They try so hard to break out of their little worlds
Well, you wave your hand and they scatter like crows
They have nothing that will ever capture your heart
They're just thorns without the rose
Be careful of them in the dark
Oh if I was the one
You chose to be your only one
Oh baby can't you hear me now, can't you hear me now?
Will I see you tonight
On a downtown train?
Every night it's just the same
You leave me lonely, now
I know your window and I know it's late
I know your stairs and your doorway
I walk down your street and past your gate
I stand by the light at the four-way
You watch them as the fall
Oh baby, they all have heart attacks
They stay at the carnival
But they'll never win you back
Will I see you tonight
On a downtown train?
Every night it's just the same
Oh, baby
Will I see you tonight
On a downtown train?
All of my dreams just fall like rain
Oh, baby, on a downtown train
Will I see you tonight
On a downtown train?
Every night, every night it's just the same
Oh, baby
Will I see you tonight
On a downtown train?
All of my dreams just fall like rain
Well, on a downtown train
Well, on a downtown train
Well, on a downtown train
Well, on a downtown train
On a downtown train
I just can't understand why Tom doesnt have more love here! Is there only a select few of us that understand and appreciate an amazing artist???
@@Andrewl607 I believe thats a sign of great art. Its not made for the masses.
...nighttime mist
see how it tastes
Awesome singer songwriter.....b
My husband sadly ended his pain in 1994 he always sang this song to me. Can't wait to see to see you at Sweden Rock Festival 2022 if you sign this I'll be the girl in front crying. Amazing you are
Wow.... I'm sorry...
@@giuseppemurroni2011 thank you, I lost 2 by my 27th Birthday in completely different ways. I still believe in love I lost two big musicians as well. I still believe in love magical dreams hope's. Thank you dearly I mean that. He was a documented genius and discovered by Less paul at 14. It's at peace saved 9 lives and has to be free of that amazing innocent brain. He's enjoying the universe I'm sure. Again ty music was his medicine his writing playing working. I regardless of how many people honestly I lost loved family as well... always remember songs and they bring back some pretty amazing memories.
@@gioiaferrante yes, it's true, this is my (not only for me) medicine. Big hug.
sorry to hear that. Hope the festival brings some ease.
@@moominpic thank you. I have been attending from day one. I'm as well in this industry. I'm getting ready to go back on the road, planes tour busses. For the first time I'm in fear preparing myself as well because I already know it's going to be like everyone's first time on stage touring. I ask myself daily who will I find or be rushing to a hospital. I've been waiting for the day off hearing him singing this song. As I'm working on a book called both n sides of the stage.the book will be a million
One of the great American songwriters and one of the most soulful vocalists ever recorded,for those posting below who prefer Rod Stewart's anodyne version my sympathies for their tin ears.
Wow, fancy getting pissy because some people prefer different music to you.
Stewart's version somehow manages to sound sleazy and sexless at the same time - an amazing feat of desecrating a song if I have ever heard one.
Beautiful song, beautiful video. I’m so glad this existence has Tom Waits
This was the song that introduced me to the music of TOM WAITS and I NEVER looked back since thanks Tom.
The healing began when I saw 'Van' & Zimmerman sharing their music, Beautiful Indeed, thank you [I came late to the table per se
I never ever get tired of this
Great American songwriter along with Prine, Dylan and Townes Van Zandt.
And Harry Vhapin.
@@kevinhallisey5201 and Joni Mitchell.
@@jimingram2702 well she's great but she's Canadian.... which i guess is part of north america but then so's Mexico...
@@astewart4881 I know. A Canadian who resided in Laurel Canyon. Her and N. Young and R. Robertson are leaving quite a legacy.
I tend to over generalize, peoples.
Real poetry, real feeling. Love the rhymes, the patterns.
Tom Waits-one of the greatest!
"They're just thorns without the rose" may be my favorite song lyric
I LOVE THIS SONG OF TOM
Beautiful. This guy is special
Great start, vibrant, sensual vocal, great cinimatogry. Love a Down Town Train 🎈
I compare Rod Stewart's technically perfect but ultimately shallow cover of this song. It is a good song, but the evocative imagery, the grittiness, the dirt, the noise of the city that both disturbs your sleep and unleashes the soul - you need Tom Waits' version for that
yeah shallow cus he could not be assed to do something original,tom waits would ride a night train still while the rest of em wouldnt allow there golden spit on it, don van fleet,shane mcgowan are up there too and i dare ya all to listen to bob vylans song we live here its pure as tom xxx
Well, Rod was in his 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?' phase by the time this came out. Even the cod Americana of 'Gasoline Alley' was long gone. He liked to arse about a lot but he could be meticulous, which is probably why it's technically perfect.
One of my the all-time faves
Love this, the guy is Prue style with the deepest soul.
Always wished to meet a girl on the downtown train, shining like a new dime, oh well.
Soberbo, magnífico, vejo-te todas as noites no comboio da noite….que emoção, só Tom Waits, como eu gostava de o ver no comboio que leva há cidade e de passar o seu portão, olhar para a sua janela. Onde apanho o Downtowntrain?
I'm shining like a new diamond. Oh, if I was the one. I ❤ the downtown train. Will I see you tonight...
Rod Stewart could never
Tremendo valor su arte.
La verdadera verdad es que en mi peripecia personal me ahorré infinidades de consultas a expertos de ésto aquello y lo otro,fuera por necesidad de ignorante,mala gente,o mala junta como fue común decir ,que en fin,tanta cosa que cualquiera escucha en la vivir.
Escuchar música así.
Gracias Tom Waits.
Brilliant
I can hear him now
Grandioso…!!! 👍🏼😈🔥
I know you're stares and doorways. #Will I See you Tonight?"
me and my friends got that reaction busking in greece like the old people at the start
😂😂😂 a few shop owners are like that where I busk 🤪 one lady goes for her lunch break every time I turn up to play
@@moclarkmusic it was in monostraki in athens we met some cool people one of them was the sister of agnetha faltskog from abba she sang the leonard cohen song suzanne but when i figured out who she was it freaked her out
the best part was improvising on the spot
i like doing my own songs better
for i am a rain dog tooo !
Durante varios años pensé que era un tema de Rod Stewart... suele pasar
sim, isso acontece muito quando um cantor famoso faz um grande sucesso com a música de outra pessoa 🙂👍
I love you 💜
best
Funny to see how many people clickt this tune
Wow. What's with the hate in the comments. If you don't like it why even leave a comment? Oh well. I'm not sure I own the album this is on. May have to rectify that. Edit: I have the album, I just need to listen to it more.
I'm sure it's on Raindogs
💕💛👏🏼
Is that Jake lamotta
Yes.
Is it true, that Keith Richards played the guitar track on this song?
If he did, he's not listed in the personnel
@@moominpic Hurricane Smith on this cut
When Tom Waits, about to start recording Rain Dogs, was asked by his record company who he wanted on his record, Waits did not hesitate and said, "Keith Richards" Waits, who was a big fan of the Stones (he always highlights Exile On Main Street as being among his favorite albums), thought it was a joke, but he got really nervous when he learned that the record company was serious and had spoken with his Satanic Majesty. A week later a note came to him: "The wait is over, let's dance. Keith." At that moment began one of the most intense relationships between two icons of the twentieth century. Two men who got along so well that some nights they ended a song and others a bottle of whiskey. In Rain Dogs his guitar was noticeable in the 'bluesy' Big Black Mariah and on the beautiful country touch of Blind Love, a song in which he exchanged 'licks' with Robert Quine and added baking vocals for Waits. In 1992 would arrive That Feel, a song composed by both, which closed the splendid Bone Machine, and in 2011 Keith would appear again in several songs on Bad As Me, including that tribute to his companion in the Stones, Mick Jagger, and to himself, on Satisfied.
I give him credit he wrote this song and he's a talented writer, but sadly not so much a singer. Like one Tom Waits fan said; "Waits is not for everyone, he sounds like a chain smoking werewolf."
Chain smoking werewolf sounds badass.
I'm getting John Mellencamp vibes from this.
Not sure. But it would have been a huge waste of time. No.
I can't believe he ripped off Phil Collins!
😂😂😂
Yeah - no one'd ever know.
Just don’t get Tom.
Prefer ear plugs
Each to their own ❣️✌️🙏
totally. this stuff is horrible. He's singing too softly. not articulating his words, and affecting his voice because he's scared of melody, or too self-conscious. Like a lot of books people claim to have read and enjoyed, Tom Waits is on the pretentious, snotty, NYer checklist.
@@AlexanderNixonArtHistory it's known as "style"
@@rogerwilco4736 riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
@@AlexanderNixonArtHistory You need to take a ride on a downtown train...
Lol damn this gay
"Jet Jaguar"...that is as gay a name as I have ever heard
@@brianmcmillan7426 idk brian mcmillan is probably worse. How often do you listen to this? Lmao. Ur down at the bottom of the comments here having an intellectual sped-off with some other genius. Tom sounds good on other tracks, but really man, come on. The way he sounds is a joke. I like the guy, but really..
@@jetjaguar5200 Take one more listen...preferably not during a full moon. I think you'll come full cycle...
shitsong
Tom Waits wrote it, but Rod Stewart sings it.
this stuff is horrible. He's singing too softly. not articulating his words, and affecting his voice because he's scared of melody, or too self-conscious. Like a lot of books people claim to have read and enjoyed, Tom Waits is on the pretentious, snotty, NYer checklist.
You are on my pretentious, snotty checklist after offering your psychiatric evaluations of his intent to entertain.
@@brianmcmillan7426 call the burn unit.
@@AlexanderNixonArtHistory No, you need no medical intervention unless you scalded your tongue with the vitriol you spew?
It's your judgemental attitude and pretense of having an inner knowledge of someone's soul that elicited a response from me...I don't care that you care not for his music.
@@brianmcmillan7426 you wrote a lot of words, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
@@AlexanderNixonArtHistory And you just plagiarized Shakespeare...you probably claim to have read his works and to have enjoyed them...you owe the great Bard an apology.