Table Top Joe lyrics

Well, my Mama didn't want me
On the day I was born
Born without a body
I got nothing but scorn
But I always loved music
All I had was my hands
And I dreamed I'd be famous
And I'd work at the Sands

Singing Tabletop Joe
Tabletop Joe
Now everyone knows
That I'm Tabletop Joe

I had trouble with the pedals
But I had a strong left hand
And I could play Stravinsky
On a baby grand
I said I'm gonna join the circus
Cause that's where I belong
So I went to Coney Island
I was singing this song

Tabletop Joe
Tabletop Joe
Now everyone knows
Tabletop Joe

They gave me top billing
In the Dreamland show
I had my own orchestra
Starring Tabletop Joe
And the man without a body
Proved everyone wrong
I was rich and I was famous
I was where I belonged

Tabletop Joe
Tabletop Joe
Now everyone knows
Tabletop Joe

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Alice lyrics

Album release date:

2002.05.07

Album guest musicians:

Dawn Harms: Stroh violin Matt Brubeck: cello Larry Taylor: upright bass Bebe Risenfors: Stroh violin, viola, bass clarinet, marimba, clarinet Carla Kihlstedt: violin Colin Stetson: alto, tenor and bariton saxophone and clarinet Ara Anderson: trumpet and baritone horn Nic Phelps: French horn, trumpet Stewart Copeland: drums (Table Top Joe) Bent Clausen: piano solo (Table Top Joe) Tom Waits: piano, pump organ, Mellotron, Chamberlain vibes

Album description:

Originally performed as an avant-garde opera directed by Robert Wilson for Hamburg's Thalia Theater in winter 1992, "Alice" is loosely based on Lewis Carroll's purported obsession with young Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired his "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass." - from an Anti Records press release

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