Tom Traubert's Blues

Wated and I wounded, it ain't what the moon did
I got what i paid for now
see ya tomorrow hey Frank can i borrow
a couple of bucks from you, to go
Waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, you'll go waltzing 
	Mathilda with me

I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley
and i'm tired of all these soldiers here
no one speaks English and everything is broken
and my Stacys are soaking wet
to go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, you'll go 
	waltzing Mathilda with me

now the dogs are barking
and the taxi cabs parking
a lot they can do for me
I begged you to stab me
you tore my shirt open
and I'm down on my knees tonight
Old Bushmills I staggered
you buried the dagger in
your siluette window light to go
Waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, you'll go waltzing 
	Mathilda with me

now I've lost my St. Christopher
now that I've kissed her and the
one armed bandit know, and the
maverick Chinaman, and the cold blooded signs
and the girls down by the strip tease shows go
waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, you'll go waltzing 
	Mathilda with me

No, I don't want your sympathy
the fugitives say that the streets aren't for dreaming now
manslaughter dragnets and the ghost that sell memories
they want a piece of the action anyhow go
waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, you'll go waltzing 
	Mathilda with me

and you can ask any sailor
and the keys from the jailor
and the old men in wheelchairs know
that Mathilda's the defendant, she killed about a hundred
and she follows whatever you may go
waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, you'll go waltzing 
	Mathilda with me

and it's a battered old suitcase
to a hotel someplace
and wound that will never heal
no prima donna the perfume is on
an old shirt thats stained
with blood and wiskey
and goodnight to the streets sweepers
the night watchman flame keepers
and goodnight Mathilda too