First Kiss

from Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (Remastered) by Tom Waits

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

She drove a big old Lincoln
with suicide doors
and a sewing machine in the back
and a light bulb that looked like
an alligator egg
was mounted up front on the hood

and she had an Easter bonnet that had been signed
by Tennessee Ernie Ford
and she always had saw dust in her hair
and she cut two holes in the back of her dress
and she had these scapular wings
that were covered with feathers and electrical tape
and when she got good and drunk
she would sing about Elkheart, Indiana
where the wind is strong
and folks mind their own business

and she had at least a hundred old baseballs
that she'd taken from kids
and she collected bones of all kinds
and she lived in a trailer under a bridge
and she made her own whiskey and gave cigarettes to kids
and she'd been struck by lightning seven or eight times
and she hated the mention of rain

and she made up her own language
and she wore rubber boots
and she could fix anything with string
and her lips were like cherries
and she was stronger than any man
and she smelled like gasoline and root beer fizz
and she put mud on a bee sting
I got at the creek
and she gave me
my very first kiss
and she gave me
my very first kiss

talking 'bout my little Kathleen
she's just a fine young thing
someday she'll wear my ring
my little Kathleen

credits

from Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (Remastered), released November 21, 2006

license

about

Tom Waits Los Angeles, California

contact / help

Contact Tom Waits

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Tom Waits, you may also like:

Madvillainy
by Madvillain

supported by 15 fans who also own “First Kiss”

Greatest and most influential hip hop album of the 21st century. W.
go to album
Promises
by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra

supported by 15 fans who also own “First Kiss”

hypnotic and incredibly moving marsplutomusic
go to album
A Light for Attracting Attention
by The Smile

supported by 14 fans who also own “First Kiss”

this was the best decision ever made. thanks for this album! doojoux
go to album
Four Singles
by Operator Music Band

Four speaker-melting singles from New York's premiere "live techno" outfit, descended from vintage synthwave, deep house, and dance punk. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 18, 2024
go to album
The Insulation EP
by Menomena

Off-kilter Portland indie rockers make an unexpected return with a tight three-track EP, their first new release in 12 years. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 18, 2024
go to album
Walk Thru Me
by The Folk Implosion

Lou Barlow & John Davis return as Folk Implosion, with 10 more songs that are sweetly tuneful. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 17, 2024
go to album
Wisdom of Elders
by Shabaka And The Ancestors

supported by 14 fans who also own “First Kiss”

In recent history, a music market website said that jazz was on life support. Clearly they weren't paying attention. zzzacck
go to album