Lyrics for Anywhere I Lay My Head as interpreted by archmastermind

Anywhere I Lay My Head Lyrics
My head is spinning round, my heart is in my shoes, yeah
I went and set the Thames on fire, oh, now I must come back down
She's laughing in her sleeve boys, I can feel it in my bones
Oh, but anywhere I'm gonna lay my head, I'm gonna call my home

Well I see that the world is upside-down
Seems that my pockets were filled up with gold
And now the clouds, well they've covered over
And the wind is blowing cold
Well I don't need anybody, because I learned, I learned to be alone
Well I said anywhere, anywhere, anywhere I lay my head, boys
Well I gonna call my home

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ElGruvo
05-14-2004

Rated +1 
This is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard, especially the way Tom Waits sings it as if he's had a hard life and he's dying. It's just about really really hard times.

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SoCoRocks14
10-10-2004

Rated +1 
His sings with such sincerety. It just breaks your heart.

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MardyAss
02-25-2005

Rated +1 
the outro is great, really sounds like a marching jazz band, the walks over the hill and disappers, and then the only thing you hear is the music fading while the sun is setting

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roland
08-13-2005

Rated 0 
tom is such a bold and amazing musician

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retrorocket
02-14-2006

Rated 0 
One my favorite Tom Waits songs - "the wind is blowing cold".
You can just feel his crushed hopes and dreams.

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retrorocket
02-14-2006

Rated 0 
One my favorite Tom Waits songs - "the wind is blowing cold".
You can just feel his crushed hopes and dreams.

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Htown_Blues
06-11-2007

Rated 0 
this is one of the greatest songs about isolation

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redpepper_rum
04-23-2008

Rated +1 
Related to what MardyAss said: The song reminds me of jazz funerals, popular for new orleans jazz musicians. The procession carries the casket into the cemetery while the band plays very sombre music. Once the body is laid to rest, as everyone leaves, the music picks up and becomes joyous. It's supposed to signify death as the release from life's troubles and strife, an end to the person's suffering and thus a cause for celebration.

On an unrelated note, this song is fun to sing along to dramatically.

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redpepper_rum
04-23-2008

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Related to what MardyAss said: The song reminds me of jazz funerals, popular for new orleans jazz musicians. The procession carries the casket into the cemetery while the band plays very sombre music. Once the body is laid to rest, as everyone leaves, the music picks up and becomes joyous. It's supposed to signify death as the release from life's troubles and strife, an end to the person's suffering and thus a cause for celebration.

On an unrelated note, this song is fun to sing along to dramatically.

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ohmynotemmet
01-10-2009

Rated +1 
this is my favourite song of all time.

it tells everything anybody might be wanting to know about the human tendencies towards loneliness and embarrassment and trying to get home and striving for an outrageous, impossible level of independence to be whole.

just enough words to get that across, just enough screaming. fucking brilliant.

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wereTHRIVING
02-03-2009

Rated 0 
this song sounds so honest

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djskein
02-11-2009

Rated 0 
This song sounds like the last song to everything, like it would be the last song you'll ever hear or the last song ever heard in existence.

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JimmieNeverDies
03-21-2009

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My favorite Tom Waits.

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