When you’re lost in the rain in Juarez
And it’s Eastertime too
And your gravity fails
And negativity don’t pull you through
Don’t put on any airs
When you’re down on Rue Morgue Avenue
They got some hungry women there
And they really make a mess outta you
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This reminds me of Kerouac’s “On The Road” – conjuring up a dusty character lost somewhere in America, or South America, down on his luck, wanting to go home and singing off with the bleak but also funny line: “I’m going back to New York City/I do believe I’ve had enough.” ~Howard Souness (His 40 Greatest songs – Uncut Magazine)
Tom Thumb´s Blues has been performed:
2 times acoustic w/ band – both in 2002
234 times w/band – top year 1974 (39 times)
First live performance:
Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
New York City, New York
28 August 1965
Last live performance:
Trädgårdsföreningen
Gothenburg, Sweden
15 July 2014
Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of you
You were trying to break into another world
A world I never knew
I always kind of wondered
If you ever made it through
Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of you
Here are 5 Great live versions of this wonderful song from the album “Oh Mercy” (1989).
