Tom Waits Town With No Cheer song lyrics

Well it's hotter 'n blazes and all the long faces

there'll be no oasis for a dry local grazier

there'll be no refreshment for a thirsty jackaroo

from melbourne to adelaide on the overlander

with newfangled buffet cars and faster locomotives

the train stopped in serviceton

less and less often

There's nothing sadder than a town with no cheer

vic rail decided the canteen was no longer necessary there

no spirits, no bilgewater and 80 dry locals

and the high noon sun beats a hundred and four

there's a hummingbird

trapped in a closed down shoe store

This tiny victorian rhubarb

kept the watering hole open for sixty five years

now it's boilin' in a miserable march 21st

wrapped the hills in a blanket

of patterson's curse

the train smokes down the xylophone

there'll be no stopping here

all ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer

No bourbon, no branchwater

though the townspeople here

fought her vic rail decree tooth and nail

now it's boilin' in a miserable march 21 st

wrapped the hills in a blanket

of patterson's curse

the train smokes down the xylophone

there'll be no stopping here

all ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer

tom waits: vocal harmonium, synthesizer, freedom bell

anthony clark stewart: bag pipes

clark spangler: synthesizer program