Tom Waits — Fannin Street

There's a crooked street in Houston Town It's a well-worn path I've traveled down Now there's ruin in my name I wish I'd never got off the train And I wish I'd listened to the words you said Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street, oh yeah You'll be lost and never found You can never turn around Don't go down to Fannin Street Once I held you in my arms, I was sure Then I took that silent step through the gilded door But the desire to have much more All the glitter and the roar Now I know just where the sidewalk ends Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street, oh yeah You'll be lost and never found You can never turn around Don't go down to Fannin Street When I was young, I thought only of getting out I said goodbye to my street, goodbye to my house Give a man gin, give a man cards Give him an inch, he takes a yard And I rue the day that I stepped off this train Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street, oh yeah You'll be lost and never found You can never turn around Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street 'Cause you'll be lost and never found You can never turn around Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street