Martha

Tom Waits

1. Operator, number please, it's been so many years.
   She'll remember my old voice while I fight the tears.
   Hello, hello there.  Is this Martha?  This is ol' Tom Frost. 
   I am calling long distance, don't worry about the cost.
   
   It's been fourteen years or more now; Martha, please recall, 
   And meet me out for coffee where we'll talk about it all.

R: And those were days of roses, of poetry and prose
   And Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me. 
   There was no tomorrow, we packed away our sorrows
   And we saved them for a rainy day.


2. I feel so much old now, you're much older too.
   How's the husband, how's the kids? You know that I got married too.
   Lucky that you found someone who makes you feel secure.
   We were all so young and foolish, now we are mature.

R: And those were days of roses...

3. I was always so impulsive, guess that I still am.
   All that really mattered then was that I was a man.
   Guess that our bein' together wasn't meant to be.
   Martha, Martha, I love you, can't you see.

R: And those were days of roses...

   I remember quiet evenings trembling close to you...