Tom Waits — Barber Shop

Good morning mister snip snip snip With your hair cut just as short as mine Good morning mister snip snip snip With your hair cut just as short as mine Bay rum lucky tiger butch wax cracker jacks Shoeshine jawbreaker magazine racks Hanging round the barber shop a side-burning close crop Morning Mr. Ferguson, what's the good word with you? Staying out of trouble like a good boy should I see you're still cutting hair, I'm still cutting classes I got a couple passes to the ringle bros barn bail circus afternoon You lost a little round the middle and you're looking real good Sitting on the wagon instead of under the hood What's the low-down Mr. Brown? I heard your boy's leaving town I bought myself a struggle buggy sucker's powder blue Throw me over the sports page, Cincinnati looking good I always been for Pittsburgh and I lay you 10 to 1 The Pirates get the pennant and the Series before they're done The hair's getting longer, you know the skirts are getting shorter And don't you know that you can get a cheaper haircut If you wanna cross the border If your mama saw you smoking well she'd kick your ass Now you put it out you juvenile and put it out fast Well if I had a million dollars what would I do I'd probably be a barber not a bum like you Still got your paper route now that's just fine And you can pay me double because you gypped me last time And don't you know that you can keep a little circus money And spend it on a girl And just remember that I give the best haircuts In the whole wide world I give the best haircuts in the whole wide world Good morning mister snip snip snip With your hair cut just as short as mine Good morning mister snip snip snip With your hair cut just as short as mine