Tom Waits - "Ol' 55"

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Tom Waits - "Ol' 55"

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"Ol' 55" by Tom Waits from the album 'Closing Time'
Lyrics
Well, my time went so quickly
I went lickety-splitly out to my ol' fifty-five
As I pulled away slowly, feeling so holy
God knows I was feeling alive
Now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck
Freeway cars and trucks
Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade
Just a-wishing I'd stayed a little longer
Oh Lord, let me tell you that the feeling getting stronger
And it's six in the morning
Gave me no warning, I had to be on my way
Well, there's trucks all a-passing me, and the lights all a-flashin'
I'm on my way home from your place
And now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck
Freeway cars and trucks
Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade
Just a-wishing I'd stayed a little longer
Oh Lord, let me tell you the feeling getting stronger
And my time went so quickly
I went lickety-splitly out to my ol' fifty-five
As I pulled away slowly, feeling so holy
God knows I was feeling alive
And now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck
Freeway cars and trucks
Freeway cars and trucks
Freeway cars and trucks
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@gr33n3ggs4 2 жыл бұрын

Nobody ever has went out of their way to find this music; Tom Waits FINDS you.... just when the soul needs it.

@dil09ful 2 жыл бұрын

Very true

@vickiewiseman7112 2 жыл бұрын

💯🎯

@thechunkyone7118 2 жыл бұрын

Haha I randomly Stu!bed on this . He's great

@suttercane8150 Жыл бұрын

Well said.

@alcoholya Жыл бұрын

I was mugged in a dark alley in downtown Atlanta, circa 1985, hit over the head with a swordfishtrombone, and sort of gravitated to his music by chance.

@MarsRoss-v9b 8 күн бұрын

This reminds me leaving a women's house in morning mid June 2011. My daughter had been conceived I didn't know could have kids. It's 6 in morning etc. Thank you god x ❤

@jackcarraway4707 2 жыл бұрын

Loneliness, late nights, whiskey and Tom Waits is quite the combo.

@richlord5819 Жыл бұрын

Amen!!

@stevejeffrey11 Жыл бұрын

yep, drinking Jack, lonely living out in the country

@zacharypotvin6579 10 ай бұрын

add Jesus my friend.

@livefreeordiehardkor 5 ай бұрын

That would be an amazing country music song.

@russellsimonds7148 2 ай бұрын

You got that right

@jawd1203 4 жыл бұрын

This was my father’s favorite song. He died 3 months ago but I I like to think that he just went out to his ol’ 55 and is driving off into the sunset. I’m just wishing he’d stayed a little longer.

@renatahelena9155 4 жыл бұрын

Don't you worry, he'll always be next to you: into your heart. Or protected by your memory. He'll stay, my friend. God bless you.

@sdwest4010 4 жыл бұрын

Joaquin Wells good for you, you're a son I'd be proud to have

@gusa7460 4 жыл бұрын

fuerza

@somejailnursedontask4658 3 жыл бұрын

God Bless you, your dad is there. My Dad loved the Badlands in South Dakota and I know he’s next to me when I’m a travel nurse driving thru at sunrise. I didn’t even think about it until,I felt his presence. You will feel the same.

@jaymoney-so8oo 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your lose brother!!!

@annsandlund8376 Жыл бұрын

Tom Waits just found me. I'm obsessed. I'm 66 and I was about to give in, what's the point of it all, but it's worth listening to Tom. What an old soul. He's surely God, when God is drunk. I wish heaven was a bar with cigarettes and drinks, and Tom at the piano.

@Jimmy1982Playlists 8 ай бұрын

So glad you're part of the crew now! I totally know the feeling of being saved by music 🥰 Tom has saved me many times the last 20+ years. PS. Never give in... just play those soul-saving gems!

@18i7aar85 Ай бұрын

It has to be like that it must be like that

@karanprashantsaxena7408 Жыл бұрын

My dog recently passed away and I have been listening to this song on loop. Hope he can hear it too wherever he is...

@moonlitme Жыл бұрын

of course he can, wagging his tail and licking your face across the veil.

@anthonykology1728 6 ай бұрын

he can.

@danieljudge4787 5 ай бұрын

Hell be waiting for you at Rainbow Bridge.His youth restored, barking with joy.

@iindacrowther9559 5 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss,its really hard I lost my wire hair fox terrier some time back,❤john.c.

@mjtorjan 2 ай бұрын

I hope you’re doing good, my friend. Losing a dog is losing a best friend.

@MrBNKing 3 жыл бұрын

Goodbye for now. My Brother. "See you down the Road"

@red_hood9733 3 жыл бұрын

That Eric sign just hit me hard i cry like baby, RIP Jonathan Huber

@PSYCHOlogical_AMBUSH 3 жыл бұрын

what a loss 😭

@robertkees6048 3 жыл бұрын

Musically it doesn't matter how far I roam, I always find my way back home to Tom Waits to refuel my heart, like cool water in an oasis in the baron desert. His songs are like old friends come to call.

@ThursdayDog 2 жыл бұрын

Amen!!

@moonlitme Жыл бұрын

Well said.

@reneTMC 3 жыл бұрын

Rest In Power Mr. Brodie Lee "See You Down The Road" 1979-2020

@PatrickRider 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone listening to this song - you are good people.

@chinneths1 3 жыл бұрын

love ya

@MrWrestling86 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, man. Happy wishes for the year and the years to come.

@unperplexed 3 жыл бұрын

👍

@GrizbyK72 2 жыл бұрын

That’s debatable but thanks anyways haha

@vickiewiseman7112 2 жыл бұрын

Ditto!

@georgejasper8794 Жыл бұрын

My late son passed almost 12 years ago at the age of 23 with an undiagnosed heart condition. I would have loved to be able to sit next to him as he went, playing this song and holding his hand. This always kills me!

@Vigilante311 Жыл бұрын

Very sorry to hear that, I don't think anyone can understand what that's like without living through it, I'm 27 and have no kids but I work with a man who lost a son at age 18 to cancer and I can't imagine what it's like, kudos on your great taste in music, a tom waits fan is always a special person to me, take care of yourself

@bigmarty11288 7 ай бұрын

I can't even imagine. I love you man.

@tomhudnall1818 3 жыл бұрын

REST IN POWER BIG RIG YOU WILL NEVER EVER BE FORGOTTEN

@user-bw7rk6jq7g 3 жыл бұрын

I am touched to see people sharing their love and memories here. My wife picked this song for her walking down the isle part on the wedding and i'm really proud of her for this. It really reminds you of the tenderness and fragility of life, as well as an undertone of nostalgia. It fits a wedding perfectly. It's like at particular moments in your life, you do feel the overwhelming presence of simply something bigger than you.

@biancachristine7860 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@biancachristine7860 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-wv4mf9pf8x exactly

@petervanna6602 3 жыл бұрын

Never heard this song until today, but I’ll definitely keep it in my playlist

@samsquanch1996 2 жыл бұрын

The Eagles did a really good cover.

@nivkejk7303 2 жыл бұрын

@@samsquanch1996 Nearly flew over his head that one

@nicoudjj335 Жыл бұрын

Listen to the Eagles version ! Incredible ! And also in live ( Live Millenium) 😉 peace paix ☮️ ✌️ 🚗

@kzmaven7478 Жыл бұрын

It's a keeper 😄

@rschiel50 2 жыл бұрын

Tom Waits turned 72 on December 7th...How does a 24 year-old crank out a masterpiece album in 1973? This is from "Closing Time" God knows THIS song got me home many a time when there was no GPS and thankfully no DUI...

@C.E.K. Жыл бұрын

And it's his best album, his voice could not outlast his smoking, in "Closing Time", he still sang well

@TomWaits-qx6ki Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your consistent care, love and support towards me on my page I really appreciate you and can’t thank you enough. Write me with the address above so we can have more positive conversations about my music and life in general

@thomaswalsh9853 3 жыл бұрын

Here because of Brodie Lee. RIP 1979-2020

@picklejon3250 3 жыл бұрын

Me bro:(

@socarcam6671 3 жыл бұрын

You weren't here for long, Brodie, but you took the life you were given and squeezed every last drop out of it. Rest in Peace, man. You'll forever be our Exalted One.

@yunanada2264 Жыл бұрын

Since the start of 2022, I've lost both my brother and my grandma, this songs reminds me of them somehow and makes me wish I had more time to spend with them. But also that I am still young and have time to spend with friends and family.

@TheKingCamBlackman 3 жыл бұрын

Miss ya Brodie lee. :( glad this song tribute out to you.

@MilkmanC 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Brodie. Also a father of 2 boys and your story inspires the shit out of me. Ty man.

@MJHeavenBound Жыл бұрын

amen

@uRbAnDaNcEr918 3 жыл бұрын

Brought here by Jon Huber. RIP. Gone WAY WAY too soon! Thank you for all you have done. You will never be forgotten

@bcurtis363 3 жыл бұрын

The only positive I can take from the passing of Mr. Brodie Lee/John Huber is having this song introduced to me. What an amazing person. I have been a fan of wrestling since birth, and I’ve never shed so many tears for a death(or any event in pro wrestling), as I did when the Exalted One left us. This hit harder than anything in recent memory, and I believe that is because some people are so good and pure, that people who’ve never met them can just sense it. And John Huber was, without a doubt, one of those people. A real man, in every sense. And you can tell by the strength of his wife and children, in this trying time, just how powerful he was. God bless his family and friends, and one day, we will all be together again .

@moneymark6927 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P John Huber/Brodie Lee. He was an amazing wrestler/friend/father/husband.

@vickiewiseman7112 2 жыл бұрын

🥺

@punklover99 Жыл бұрын

Forever the TNT champ I hope Jr does his dad proud in a few years

@zk6754 Жыл бұрын

Firefly…man hurt we lost a member of the family

@MJHeavenBound Жыл бұрын

truly a man that will forever be loved by all. may the Lord give Jon Huber's soul rest.

@georgejasper8794 Жыл бұрын

Tom is a human miracle - Eagles did a great version, but there is nothing quite like Tom rambling this bad bear. I did this as a duo with a buddy at a cabaret years ago at a fundraiser for my kid's school. Awesome tune!

@sirbanjorochambeaux Жыл бұрын

'fvck the eagles, man' -Lebowski and also me.

@alessandrorigobello7551 Жыл бұрын

I am here because of Tom Waits

@BernexChips 3 жыл бұрын

*Brodie Lee The Exalted One*

@dJ-dd4gs Ай бұрын

I had to be on my way

@johnnywise2498 Жыл бұрын

If you know who Tom Waits is you are one of the fortunate few

@anthonymusto3537 3 ай бұрын

Did he cover any other Eagles songs?

@johnnywise2498 3 ай бұрын

@@anthonymusto3537 lol,the Eagles covered him on Ol 55

@tomcarr5195 4 күн бұрын

Amen, brother

@ellengallagher5841 2 жыл бұрын

Hey I'm a 1955 er had a 1955 Sterbaker champion this man helped me so much though things we all go though in life. Many thank yous to you my dear friend! All the best Nellie

@shaynet9861 3 жыл бұрын

Rip Big Rig. The exalted one. Mr. Huber we will all miss you. See you down the road! 😢 😢

@rey61965 2 жыл бұрын

Such a touching song. Listened this a lot when a very very good friend sadly passed away last year.... Stay strong everyone in this chat!

@vickiewiseman7112 2 жыл бұрын

Agree wholeheartedly 👌my friend! 💯🎯❤

@rey61965 2 жыл бұрын

@@vickiewiseman7112 yesss thanks so much. Be blessed in what you do!!

@redwingblackbirdnell 9 ай бұрын

❤

@joshuabennett3377 Жыл бұрын

At least Windham and Brody are together now... 😢Rest in peace

@zacharygordon3037 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Brodie Lee

@bobvedder2451 3 жыл бұрын

This song makes me want to drive an old '55 Chevy and listen to this wonderful music!

@aaronking980 3 жыл бұрын

Rest easy, Brodie Lee. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@jodygirrl 4 жыл бұрын

Tom Waits is pure brilliance!

@smbeabout 5 ай бұрын

One objective way to prove that Tom Waits is a top-notch songwriter is to refer to the comment section on a KZfaq video of one of his songs. It's almost always filled with people either praising Tom Waits, telling a personal story about themselves, and/or being supportive of the commenter telling their story.

@jaymoney-so8oo 3 жыл бұрын

Love this song.. and it was a perfect tribute song to a amazing man, father and husband. Im gonna miss seeing u in the ring. I pray for peace and comfort for you're wife and sons RIP @BRODIELEE

@user-pk3fz2nr8g Ай бұрын

I've seen TW in concert back in the 70's three times. Revisiting his lyrics and music is soooo sweet. Love ya, Tom.

@relaxdean1568 3 жыл бұрын

This whole album carried me through a break up. I was working the nightshift. Alone on the field. Nothing can describe this feeling.

@rickyhunt4075 3 жыл бұрын

So everyone finding this from Brodie Lee welcome and check out other stuff by Tom Waits he is one of the best songwriters out there.

@E.W_figure_wrestling 3 жыл бұрын

@rickyhunt4075 3 жыл бұрын

@@E.W_figure_wrestling Your loss

@E.W_figure_wrestling 3 жыл бұрын

@@rickyhunt4075 you say that but a guy named brodie lee a wrestler died

@rickyhunt4075 3 жыл бұрын

@@E.W_figure_wrestling I know

@popzdunbar 3 жыл бұрын

Loving his debut album especially I hope I don't fall in love.

@opferanode6660 4 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful song! I also like the Eagles Version a lot but the original by Waits himself is still the best

@vickiewiseman7112 2 жыл бұрын

💯❤🦅🎶👨‍🎤

@raidrfrk 11 ай бұрын

Eagles is way slow

@oldpoppy 5 ай бұрын

@@raidrfrkand sickly sweet

@amandaelkins1002 Жыл бұрын

I miss my old apartment manager he got me into this music I love this song it reminds me of him Larry you will be missed 😢🙏🙏❤

@CrimsonMade 3 жыл бұрын

Then: Luke Harper Now: Brodie Lee Forever: Jon Huber 1979 - 2020 R.I.P

@jamoandb8470 Жыл бұрын

On the “to be played at my funeral” list

@tararussellnash 2 ай бұрын

I played this at my best friend's funeral, it was beautiful.

@benjieloveless 3 жыл бұрын

This one reminds me of a few very specific early morning exits back to my place. It gives that sensation of hope, riding high but calm, and being content with the rest of the world rushing around and passing me by. It's lets me plug into some good memories that were only moments long, when the whole world belonged to me and I belonged in it .

@TallerVRS Жыл бұрын

Just 22 years and we'll be already at another '55.. Feels weird when you think about it.

@popzdunbar 3 жыл бұрын

R. I. P. Brodie

@stevenee1ply 5 ай бұрын

He played a fine trick on everone. When interviewed he pretends he can barely speak. But when you listen to the songs, full vocal control. Respect.

@moviemaniac9518 3 жыл бұрын

It’s Sunday. You know what that means! R.I.P. Brodie

@Bulldog_KJR98 3 жыл бұрын

The Big Rig we love ya buddy rest in power

@BODLive08 2 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Brodie Lee Today was the day of his final wrestling match. May AEW and the wrestling world make his legacy proud

@davidschmidt6013 2 жыл бұрын

I first heard this tune in the Army, when I was buying all the Eagles albums I could handle. Read the credits on their cover of this song and wondered 'Who the hell was Tom Waits?" Now I know.

@vickiewiseman7112 2 жыл бұрын

And I thought 🤔 I was the only one!

@smartcentipede Жыл бұрын

My friend introduced me to this song a few years ago. I had feelings for her, but she said she didn’t want a romantic relationship. Out of nowhere, she said she didn’t think our friendship was going anywhere, so she called it quits and I was too hurt and stubborn and stupid to think to fight her on it, I just let her go, but I spent two years thinking about her, wondering why she left, waiting for the right time to get an answer. Last summer I went through a rough patch, having surgery on my heart while also watching my mother slowly deteriorate from cancer. Every time I thought about my friend, I was filled with bitterness about how she wasn’t there for me in my toughest time. I came to find out she had committed suicide a month after my surgery, and I am forever filled with regret that I was not there for HER. I should have tried harder to keep her close. I miss her every day.

@jonathanchilds930 11 ай бұрын

Wow. Sorry you went through this and I hope it gets better, thanks for sharing.

@TedPeeples 9 ай бұрын

I just happened upon your comment. I'm glad I took a min. Thank you for sharing.

@redwingblackbirdnell 9 ай бұрын

just never know how things will turn ~ the world is made round so we cannot know where we are going

@allelitetyler9526 2 жыл бұрын

“I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Brodie Lee, and I am the Exalted One.”

@MdkAllDay Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Brodie🙏

@sickmyduck1738 Жыл бұрын

I know this song thru one of my friends, this is her favorite song. We had deleted each other's contact for about 4 years since I told her I love her in spring of 2018. I miss her very much at this moment, when hearing this song.

@Sc250108 3 жыл бұрын

Well, my time went so quickly I went lickety-splitly Out to my ol' 55 As I pulled away slowly Feeling so holy God knows I was feeling alive Now, the sun's coming up I'm riding with Lady Luck Freeway, cars and trucks Stars beginning to fade And I lead the parade Just a-wishin' I'd stayed a little longer Oh Lord, let me tell ya that the feeling getting stronger And it's six in the morning Gave me no warning I had to be on my way Well, there's trucks all a-passin' me And the lights all are flashing I'm on my way home from your place And now the sun's coming up And I'm riding with Lady Luck Freeway, cars and trucks Stars beginning to fade And I lead the parade Just a-wishin' I'd stayed a little longer Oh Lord, let me tell ya, the feeling getting stronger And my time went so quickly I went lickety-splitly Out to my ol' 55 As I pulled away slowly Feeling so holy God knows I was feeling alive And now the sun's coming up I'm riding with Lady Luck Freeway, cars and trucks Freeway, cars and trucks Freeway, cars and trucks

@HunterL850 4 жыл бұрын

One of his best songs!

@tomgribbin9531 4 жыл бұрын

Authentic.American Artistry.

@jasonfernz 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Larry, add this to my playlist

@thefreemanchannel2005 3 жыл бұрын

😭

@BCTGuitarPlayer 9 ай бұрын

For decades I thought this was written by Eagles, Glenn Frey, namely. It’s great to learn that it was actually, Tom Waits!

@MAZtalian 3 жыл бұрын

It’s Friday. You know what that means. R.I.P. Brodie Lee/Luke Harper/Jon Huber 🙏❤️

@VeganStories 3 жыл бұрын

This is the song I'd want played at my Funeral.

@vjekoslavpavlinic9930 2 жыл бұрын

moja bi bila "Light my fire" in verson Jose Feliciano

@vickiewiseman7112 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!! My sentiment 💯!

@sevendevitt8054 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Mr. Brodie Lee!!!

@jesusesparzashow8634 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Brodie Lee 😭😭😭😭

@RichieC135 3 ай бұрын

Westport, Co. Mayo. The summer of 2009. I will never forget. Thank you, Louise. And I’m sorry.

@sandysmith5524 Ай бұрын

I'm here on YT because of Tom Waits.

@jsnterprise9nygra636 8 ай бұрын

Heard this version a few months ago for the first time on the great WXRT in Chicago. Believe it or not, I first thought it was Lionel Ritchie!!? Had that Commodore feel. Was blown away when the DJ said "Tom Waits." What a revelation, eh!?

@javi9038 Жыл бұрын

Obra maestra absoluta!!

@sgtaero5592 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Brodie Lee 1979~2020

@williamcairns7547 4 ай бұрын

We've all got our own Ol' 55.

@Peenmachie 3 жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace ✌️ 😔 👼

@ryanliederbach6939 3 жыл бұрын

It's Wednesday. You know what that means.

@thefreemanchannel2005 3 жыл бұрын

😢

@Agent_NinetyFive 2 жыл бұрын

Just beautiful man

@Name-dz4bp 2 жыл бұрын

it's friday

@SamHell-wr8bi 2 ай бұрын

Anything can happen day.

@anymaneveryman6964 3 жыл бұрын

I keep coming back for another dose of reality. I cant help myself

@The_Natural_Man 3 жыл бұрын

BRODIE LEE FOREVER

@bigmarty11288 4 ай бұрын

I just proposed to my girlfriend at the top of the tallest mountain in Ireland. This and Melody Lee by the Damned will be our wedding song.

@steveschmitz2839 Жыл бұрын

whoever is playing the drums, BRAVO!!

@user-nr2cs2rq7h 3 жыл бұрын

It's Brodie's song forever now. And ours to share in

@edgardogomez5122 3 жыл бұрын

Rest In peace Brodie Lee/Luke Harper, Thank you for all the memories. "Good bye for now brother, We will see each other in the end" Thank you for everyone Brodie.

@player-coach 3 жыл бұрын

rip brodie lee 💔

@krzysztof9474 4 жыл бұрын

Nareszcie "Closing Time" w pięknej jakości. :)

@18i7aar85 Ай бұрын

when I listen to Waits I have the urge to smoke cigarettes, it seems so natural and carefree

@shaunjex 3 жыл бұрын

Goodbye Forever Big Rig. Catch you down the road.

@lydiabanjo 3 жыл бұрын

I adore this song....

@BehemothNitro 3 жыл бұрын

IM LEGIT CRYING 😢😿😭😥😔

@KingfisherLtd Жыл бұрын

When in high school I was 90's Waits experiments freak. Now being almost 40 yo I feel like this song is my absolute fave.

@zanethind 2 жыл бұрын

I just found out this was the song that used in the Brodie Lee tribute show rip Brodie Lee or Harper always stay in peace

@freakmagnet2737 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Brodie Lee

@jerryhiltibidal4206 3 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful sad song.

@jacobadams4314 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Brodie lee

@BrutalizeURf4ce 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom

@adamarcher7847 Жыл бұрын

one of the best songs made

@michaelmcloughlin8237 Жыл бұрын

Michael McLoughlin I was pricing tickrts for the Eagles"Long Goodbye" tour In UBS Belmont on 9/20 I lived near there for awhile when I was 10-My brother lives in the same House now. Anyway That was '61. It got me thinking of "OL '55" . I always thought no one does Tom Waits as well as Tom Waits.

@ApotropaicV Жыл бұрын

The best song in history. End of story.

@TomWaits-qx6ki Жыл бұрын

@Coversalagorra 7 ай бұрын

Best debut récord ever.

@zanethind 2 жыл бұрын

Such a great song

@malachiwedderburn510 3 жыл бұрын

rip lee

@ljc3484 Жыл бұрын

Saw some explanations of the meaning of this song today. Had a good laugh. One thing for sure, he’ll never be able to sing it this was again, his voice has becomes more seasoned with age & time.