Lucinda / Ain’t Goin Down Songtext
von Tom Waits

Lucinda / Ain′t Goin Down
Well they call me William the Pleaser
I sold opium fireworks and lead
now I'm telling my troubles to strangers
when the shadows get long I′ll be dead

now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar
her skin as white as a cuttlefish bone
I left Texas to follow Lucinda
Now I'll never see heaven or home

I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight
a sly grin and a bowl full of stars
I was just like a kid who captures a firefly
and leaves it only to die in the jar


Ain't goin′ down
ain′t goin' down
momma to the well
momma to the well
momma to the well
no more
momma to the well
no more
I′m a true believer
I'm a true believer
believer

Aow as I kick at the clouds at my hanging
as I swing out over the crowd
I will search every face for Lucinda′s
and she will go off with me down to hell

the devil dances inside empty pockets
but she didn't want money or pearls
no that wasn′t enough for Lucinda
she wasn't that kind of girl

I thought I'd broke loose from Lucinda
The rain returned and so did the wind
I cast this burden on the god that′s within me
And I′ll leave this old world and go free

Ain't goin′ down
ain't goin′ down
momma to the well
momma to the well
momma to the well
momma to the well
no more


ain't goin′ down
momma to the well
momma to the well
momma to the well
momma to the well
no more

I'm a true believer
I'm a true believer
believer

They call me William the Pleaser
I sold opium, fireworks and lead
Now I′m telling my troubles to strangers
When the shadows get long I′ll be dead
dead
dead
dead.