Martha (made popular by Tom Waits) [vocal version]

operator number please it's been so many years

will she remember my own voice

while i fight the tears

hello hello there is this martha

this is old tom frost

and i am calling long distance

don't worry about the cost

cause it's been forty years or more

now martha please recall

meet me out for coffee

where we'll talk about it all

and those were days of roses

poetry and prose and marthur

all i had was you

and all you had was me

there was no tomorrows

we packed away our sorrows

and we saved them for a rainy day

and i feel so much older now

and you're much older too

how's your husband and how's the kids

you know that i got married too

lucky that you found someone to make you feel secure

cause we were all so young and foolish

now we are mature

and those were days of roses

poetry and prose and marthur

all i had was you

and all you had was me

there was no tomorrows

we packed away our sorrows

and we'd save them for a rainy day

and i was always so important

i guess that i still am

and all that really mattered then

was that i was a man

i guess that i'll be in together

was never meant to be

a martha martha

i love you can't you see

and those were days of roses

poetry and prose and marthur

all i had was you

and all you had was me

there was no tomorrows

we'd packed away our sorrows

and we'd save them for a rainy day

and i remember quiet evenings

trembling close to you