Tom Waits - Eyeball Kid

Hey you, hey you, hey you
Zenora Bariella and Coriander Pyle
They had sixteen children
In the usual style
They had a curio museum
And they had no guile
All they ever wanted was
A show biz child
The 7th of December 1949
They got what they’d been
Wishing for all of the time
He grew up in a trailer
By the time he was 9
He rolled off to join the circus
Telling fortunes on the side

Hail Hail, the Eyeball kid

Well the first time
I saw him was a Saigon jail
Cost me 27 dollars
Just to go his bail
I said your name will be in lights
And that’s no doubt
But you got to have a manager
That’s what it’s all about
Yeah yeah yeah
Well people would point,
People would stare
I’ll always be here to protect you
And to cut down on the glare
I know you can’t speak,
I know you can’t sign
So cry right here on the dotted line

Hail Hail, the Eyeball kid

Well he was born with out a body,
Not even a brow
I made the kid a promise,
I made the kid a vow
He’s not conventionally handsome,
He’ll never be tall
He said "all you got to do
is book me into Carnegie Hall"

Hail Hail, the Eyeball kid

Oh, he’s just a little bitty thing
He’s just a little guy
But women go crazy
For the big blue eye
How does he dream?
How does he think?
When he can’t ever speak
And he can’t ever blink?

I said Hail Hail, Eyeball kid
Hail Hail, the Eyeball kid
Hail Hail, the Eyeball

Give it up and
Throw me down a couple of quid
Everybody wants to see the Eyeball kid

They say how does he dream?
How does he think?
When he can’t even speak
And he can’t even blink
We are all lost in the wilderness
We’re as blind as can be
He come down to teach us
How to really see

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Give it up and
Throw me down a couple of quid
Everybody wants to see the Eyeball kid
Give it up and
Throw me down a couple of quid
Everybody wants to see the Eyeball kid
Give it up, give it up, give it up and
Throw me down a couple of quid
Everybody wants to see the Eyeball kid
Eyeball kid,
Eyeball kid,
oh the Eyeball kid
Eyeball kid