Diamonds On My Windshield

Diamonds on My Windshield

Tom Waits



Well, these diamonds on my windshield
And these tears from heaven
Well, Im pulling into town on the Interstate
I got a steel train in the rain
And the wind bites my cheek through the wing
And its these late nights and this freeway flying
It always makes me sing

Theres a Duster trying to change my tune
Hes pulling up fast on the right
Rolling restlessly by a twenty-four hour moon
And a Wisconsin hiker with a cue-ball head
Hes wishing he was home in a Wisconsin bed
But theres fifteen feet of snow in the east
Colder than a welldiggers ass
And its colder than a welldiggers ass

Oceanside, it ends the ride with San Clemente coming up
Those Sunday desperadoes slip by and cruise with a dry back

And the orange drive-in, the neon billin
And the theatres fillin to the brim
With slave girls and a hot spurn bucket full of sin
Metropolitan area with interchange and connections
Fly-by-nights from Riverside
And out of state plates running a little late

But the sailors jockey for the fast lane
So 101 dont miss it
Theres rolling hills and concrete fields
And the broken lines on your mind
The eights go east and the fives go north
And the merging nexus back and forth
You see your sign, cross the line, signalling with a blink
And the radios gone off the air
Gives you time to think
And you hear the rumble
As you fumble for a cigarette
And blazing through this midnight jungle
Remember someone that you met
And one more block, the engine talks
Whispers home at last
It whispers home at last
Whispers home at last
Whispers home at last
Whispers home at last

And the diamonds on my windshield
And these tears from heaven
Well Im pulling into town on the Interstate
I got me a steel train in the rain
And the wind bites my cheek through the wing
Late nights and freeway flying
Always makes me sing
It always makes me sing

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