Barber Shop

by Tom Waits

From the album: Foreign Affairs

Duration: 3:54

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Lyrics for Barber Shop

Good morning, Mr. Snip, Snip, Snip With your haircut just as short as mine Good morning, Mr. Snip, Snip, Snip With your haircut just as short as mine Bare rum, lucky tiger, butch wax, cracker jacks Shoe shine, jawbreaker, magazine racks Hangin 'round the barber shop a side burnin' close crop Mornin' Mr. Ferguson, what's the good word witcha? Stayin' outta trouble like a good boy should I see you're still cuttin' hair, I'm still cuttin' classes Got a couple of passes to the Ring Brothers Barn Bail Circus afternoon You lost a little 'round the middle, you're lookin' real good Sittin' on the wagon instead of under the hood What's the low down, Mr. Brown? I heard your boy's leavin' town I bought myself a struggle buggy suckers powder blue Throw me over sports page, Cincinnati's lookin' good Always been for Pittsburgh and I'll lay you ten to one Pirates get the pennant and the series 'fore they're done The hair's gettin' longer, you know the skirts gettin' shorter And don't you know that you can get a cheaper haircut If you wanna cross the border? If your mama saw you smokin' bet she'd kick your ass And put it out, you juvenile, and put it out fast Well, if I had a million dollars, what would I do? Probably be a barber, not a bum like you Still got your paper route and that's just fine Now you can pay me double 'cause you gypped me last time 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, Mr. Snip, Snip, Snip With your haircut just as short as mine Good morning, Mr. Snip, Snip, Snip With your haircut just as short You got your haircut just as short You got your haircut just as short as mine Oh, man

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