Tom Trauberts Blues

Intro: / / / / / / / / / 1.:    Wasted and wounded it ain?t what the moon did        I?ve got what I paid for now               See you tomorrow hey Frank can I borrow        A couple of bucks from you to go        Waltzing Matilda   waltzing Matilda you?ll go waltzing        Matilda with me 2.:    I?m an innocent victim of a blinded alley        And I?m tired of all these soldiers here        No one speaks english and everything?s broken        And my strength is soaking away to go        Waltzing Matilda... 3.:    Now I?ve lost my St. Christopher        Now that I?ve kissed her        And the one-armed bandit knows        And the maverick chinaman with the cold blooded signs        And the girls down by the striptease shows go        Waltzing Matilda... 4.:    No I don?t want your sympathy        The fugitives say that the streets aren?t for dreaming now        Manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories        They want a piece of the action anyhow go        Waltzing Matilda... 5.:    And it?s a battered old suitcase        To a hotel someplace        And a wound that will never heal        No primadonnas the perfume is on        An old shirt that is stained        With blood and whiskey        And it?s good-night for the street-sweepers        The nightwatchmen flame-keepers        And goodnight matilda too Outro: / / / /        Goodnight Matilda too