Martha Songtext
von Tom Waits

Operator, number please
It′s been so many years
Will she remember my old voice
While I fight the tears?

Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
This is old Tom Frost
And I am calling long distance
Don't worry ′bout the cost

'Cause it's been 40 years or more
Now, Martha, please recall
Meet me out for coffee
Where we′ll talk about it all

And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose
And, Martha, all I had was you, and all you had was me
There was no tomorrows, we′d packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day


And I feel so much older now
And you're much older too
How′s your husband and how's the kids?
You know that I got married too?

Lucky that you found someone
To make you feel secure
′Cause we were all so young and foolish
Now we are mature

And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose
And, Martha, all I had was you, and all you had was me
There was no tomorrows, we'd packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day

And I was always so impulsive
I guess that I still am
And all that really mattered then
Was that I was a man

I guess that our being together
Was never meant to be
And Martha, Martha
I love you, can′t you see?


And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose
And, Martha, all I had was you, and all you had was me
There was no tomorrows, we'd packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day

And I remember quiet evenings
Trembling close to you