Telephone Call From Istanbul - Tom Waits

All night long on the broken glass

Livin in a medicine chest

Mediteromanian hotel back

Sprawled across a roll top desk

The monkey rode the blade on an Overhead fan

They paint the donkey blue if you pay

I got a telephone call from Istanbul

My baby’s coming home today

Will you sell me one of those if I shave my head

Get me out of town is what fireball said

Never trust a man in a blue trench coat

Never drive a car when you’re dead

Saturday’s a festival

Friday’s a gem

Dye your hair yellow

And raise your hem

Follow me to beulah’s on Dry creek road

I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed

Take me down to buy a tux

On red rose bear

Got to cut a hole in the day

I got a telephone call from Istanbul

My baby’s coming home today