2:19 lyrics by Tom Waits

2:19

I lost everything I had in the ’29 flood
The barn was buried ‘neath a mile of mud
Now, I’ve got nothing but the whistle and the steam
My baby leaving town on the 2:19


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Now there’s a fellow that’s preaching ‘bout hell and damnation
Bouncing off the walls in the Grand Central Station
I treated her bad, I treated her mean
My baby leaving town on the 2:19

I said: hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
Hey, hey, I will remember you
Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
My baby leaving town on the 2:19

Now I’ve always been puzzled by the yin and the yang
...?... It’ll come out in the wash, but it always leaves a stain
Sturm and Drang(1), the luster and the sheen
My baby leaving town on the 2:19

Lost the baby with the water(2), and the preacher stole the bride
Sent her out for a bottle, but when she came back inside
She didn’t have my whiskey, she didn’t have my gin(3)
With a hat full of feathers and a wicked grin(4)

Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
Hey, hey, I will remember you
Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
My baby’s leaving town on the 2:19

On the train you get smaller, as you get farther away
The roar covers everything you wanted to say
Was that a raindrop in the corner of your eye?
Were you drying your nails or waving goodbye?

I said: hey, hey, I will remember you
Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
Hey, hey, I will remember you
My baby’s leaving town on the 2:19

I said: Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
Hey, hey, I will remember you
Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
My baby’s leaving town on the 2:19
I said: Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
Hey, hey, I will remember you
Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
My baby’s leaving town on the 2:19
I said: Hey.