Martha
(Tom Waits)
Operator, number, please
It’s been so many years
Will he remember my old voice
While I fight the tears
Hello, hello there, is this Tommy
This is Betsy Frost
And I am calling long distance
Don’t worry about the cost
It’s been twenty years or more now
Won’t you please recall
And meet me out for coffee
We can talk about it all
Oh, those were the days of roses
poetry and prose
And all I had was you
All you had was me
There was no tomorrows
We packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day
And I feel so much older now
Well you’re much older too
How’s your wife and how’s your kids
You know that I got married too
Lucky that you found someone
Who helped me feel secure, oh
We were all so young and foolish
Now we are mature
Oh, those were the days of roses
Poetry and prose’s
All I had was you
All you had was me
Oh, there was no tomorrow
We packed away our sorrows
We saved them for a rainy day
And I was always so impulsive
Guess that I still am
But all that really mattered then
Was I had me a man
Guess that our being together
Never meant to be, oh
But Tommy, Tommy
I love you, don’t you see
Oh, those were the days of roses
Poetry and prose’s
All I had was you
All you had was me
Oh, there was no tomorrow
Didn’t we packed away our sorrows
And save them for a rainy day
And I remember quiet evenings
Trembling close to you