XVII. TOM WAITS

Supongo que Tom Waits en Flower's grave podría ser el limpiabotas confidente de Dios.

(Ayer soñé que un payaso vestido de marrón decía esta sentencia antes de morir)

Someday the silver moon and I will go to dreamland

I will close my eyes and wake up there in dreamland

And tell me who will put flowers on a flower's grave?

Who will say a prayer?

Will I meet a China rose there in dreamland?

Or does love lie bleeding in dreamland?

Are these days forever and always?

And if we are to die tonight

Is there a moonlight up ahead?

And if we are to die tonight

Another rose will bloom

For a faded rose

Will I be the one that you save?

I love when it showers

But no one puts flowers

On a flower's grave

As one rose blooms and another will die

It's always been that way

I remember the showers

But no one puts flowers

On a flower's grave

And if we are to die tonight

Is there a moonlight up ahead?

I remember the showers

But no one puts flowers

On a flower's grave