Most songs have meager beginnings. You wake up in the morning, you throw on your suspenders, and you subvocalize and just think. They seem to form like calcium. I can't think of a story right off the bat that was that interesting. I write things on the back of my hand, usually, and sing into a tape recorder.

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Tom Waits

Back Bat Beginnings Form Hand I Write Interesting Just Like Morning Most Off Recorder Right Seem Sing Songs Story Tape Tape Recorder Things Think Throw Up Wake Wake Up Write You Your

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