“I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them in a little box. And one day, I threw th
“I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them in a little box. And one day, I threw them out into the yard. ‘Oh, it’s just a couple little innocent bad days.’ Well, we had a big rain. I don’t know what it was growing in but I think we used to put eggshells out there and coffee grounds, too. Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me. Choke those little bad days. Choke ‘em down to nothin’. They’re your days. Choke 'em!”Tom Waits’ befitting, spoken-word prelude to his song It’s More Than Rain as seen in his 1988 concert film, Big Time. Photo by Anton Corbijn. -- source link
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