Table Top Joe - Tom Waits

Well, my Mama didn’t want me

On the day I was born

Born without a body

I got nothin' 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

Tabletop Joe Tabletop Joe

Everyone knows 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

And I went to Coney Island

Singing this song

Tabletop Joe Tabletop Joe

Everyone knows Tabletop Joe

And 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

And I was where I belonged

Singing Tabletop Joe

Tabletop Joe

Everyone knows Tabletop Joe