Lagu tersebut muncul dalam debut album studio pertama miliknya yang bertajuk Closing Time.
Album yang diproduseri oleh Jerry Yester itu dirilis secara resmi pada 6 Maret 1973 melalui label Asylum Records.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)” dari Tom Waits:
[Intro]
G G C G
G D G D
[Verse 1]
G C G
I'm singing this song, it's time it was sung
G D
I been putting it off for a while
G C G C
But it's harder by now cause the truth is so clear
G D G D
that I cry when I'm seeing you smile
[Chorus]
G C G C
So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
G D
And your tears cannot bind me anymore
G C G C
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
G D G D
Can I kiss you and then I'll be gone
[Verse 2]
G C G
Every time that I try to tell you that we've
G D
lost the magic that we had at the start
G C G C
I would weep my heart when I look in your eyes
G D G D
And I search once again for the spark
[Chorus]
G C G C
So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
G D
And your tears cannot bind me anymore
G C G C
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
G D G D
Can I kiss you and then I'll be gone
[Solo]
G G C G
G G D D
G C G C
G D G D
[Verse 3]
G C G
I can see by your eyes it's time now to go
G D
so I'll leave you to cry in the rain
G C G C
Though I held in my hand the key to all joy
G D G D
but honey, my heart was not born to be tamed
[Ulangi Chorus 2x]
[Outro]
G D G D
Can I kiss you and then I'll be gone
G D G
Can I kiss you and then I'll be gone
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