Tom Waits - "(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night"

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    "(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night" by Tom Waits from the album 'The Heart Of Saturday Night'
    Lyrics
    Well, you gassed her up, behind the wheel
    With your arm around your sweet one in your Oldsmobile
    Barreling down the boulevard
    You're looking for the heart of Saturday night
    And you got paid on Friday, your pockets are jingling
    Then you see the lights and you get all tingling
    Cause you're cruising with a six
    You're looking for the heart of Saturday night
    Then you comb your hair, you shave your face
    Trying to wipe out every trace
    Of all the other days in the week
    You know that this'll be the Saturday you're reaching your peak
    Stopping on the red, you're going on the green
    Cause tonight will be like nothing you've ever seen
    And you're barreling down the boulevard
    You're looking for the heart of Saturday night
    Tell me, is it the crack of the pool balls, neon buzzing
    Telephone's ringing, it's your second cousin
    Is it the barmaid that's smiling from the corner of her eye
    Magic of the melancholy tear in your eye
    Makes it kind of quiver down in the core
    Cause you're dreaming of them Saturdays that came before
    And now you're stumbling
    You're stumbling onto the heart of Saturday night
    You gassed her up and you're behind the wheel
    With your arm around your sweet one in your Oldsmobile
    Barreling down the boulevard
    You're looking for the heart of Saturday night
    Is it the crack of the pool balls, neon buzzing
    Telephone's ringing, it's your second cousin
    And the barmaid is smiling from the corner of her eye
    Magic of the melancholy tear in your eye
    Makes it kind of special down in the core
    And you're dreaming of them Saturdays that came before
    It's found you stumbling
    Stumbling onto the heart of Saturday night
    And you're stumbling
    Stumbling onto the heart of Saturday night
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 101

  • @IdealDanl
    @IdealDanl Рік тому +104

    I first heard this song nearly 50 years ago, first I heard of Tom Waits. All that time, all that has changed, and the song still stirs my soul. I have never tired of this, nor everything Tom has done since. God bless, Mr. Waits.

    • @mikegiesige589
      @mikegiesige589 Рік тому +2

      Feel exactly the same,50+ for me too

    • @brad-gu1pt
      @brad-gu1pt Рік тому +2

      My first tom song was Waltzing Matilda. This was my 2nd with so much more was to follow nice ride.
      Thank you Tom 😎👍 never meet but like a ole friend.

    • @maryjohammons8905
      @maryjohammons8905 10 місяців тому

      You have a good heart!

    • @fijubriju5659
      @fijubriju5659 7 місяців тому +1

      This album is masterpiece

  • @richardfoulk3228
    @richardfoulk3228 4 місяці тому +10

    The whole album is pure genius. What a songwriter!

  • @j.c7719
    @j.c7719 3 місяці тому +22

    Tom Waits doesn’t write songs, he writes moods.

    • @sibengerard1856
      @sibengerard1856 3 місяці тому

      splendid comment...

    • @RIDETHESUNSHINE
      @RIDETHESUNSHINE 29 днів тому +1

      “I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”
      ― Tom Waits
      Please Be Well, Will

  • @JudithH-tl4go
    @JudithH-tl4go 8 місяців тому +29

    Loved this from the time it was released. At 22, it made me look ahead to the promise of my own Saturday nights. At 69, it makes me look back at the false promises of youth.

    • @biryaniofbodyhair
      @biryaniofbodyhair 8 місяців тому

      What you get up to since you first heard this song?

    • @arefriendsaseptic
      @arefriendsaseptic 3 місяці тому +1

      I remember the excitement of early Friday nights. The promise of meeting someone that would change your life.

  • @tomcoleman-zt7zz
    @tomcoleman-zt7zz 4 місяці тому +10

    Greatest song of all time. Period.

  • @tattie278
    @tattie278 9 місяців тому +15

    This is the anthem of the blue collar guy. Beautiful

  • @richardcrook3372
    @richardcrook3372 Рік тому +14

    Under that mad dishevelled persona lies a total bona fide genius. Beautiful

  • @georgefraser7143
    @georgefraser7143 Рік тому +32

    This crazy man, can produce the most beautiful songs, thank my lucky stars I discovered this man recently. It's been a blessing. ♥

  • @shanebrooks402
    @shanebrooks402 4 місяці тому +8

    Where all you people in my life? No one gets why this is the greatest.

  • @leheath1266
    @leheath1266 Рік тому +20

    This song is about the America I grew up in

  • @bububaer1441
    @bububaer1441 Рік тому +14

    yes, I love this song...so much. I love Tom Waits and I love this song. One of the greats. The atmosphere of this song is so cosy and cool.

  • @mikekaup5252
    @mikekaup5252 Рік тому +5

    Eastern Washington, in the scablands, a hot, got summer night. Coming out of a small farm town tavern. My friend and I are in the lotz drinking bottles of tavern Oly, the good kroesened beer. It's ice cold, the temperature is at 114. We get in his orange 70 Cuda and head for Cooley City. Master of Sparks is in the tape deck. Life was better then!
    I'm 74 now and have some fine memories. We listened to Waits then too. Saw him in the Paranomount in Seattle back then. A superb show! Thanks Tom!

  • @paulstevenson7411
    @paulstevenson7411 5 місяців тому +4

    I have been listening to his music for years.This is one of my favorite songs.

  • @ObscenePlanet
    @ObscenePlanet 5 місяців тому +8

    tell my second cousin to leave a message. i'm listening to tom waits

  • @TheVatonaught
    @TheVatonaught 3 роки тому +23

    Loved this when I first heard it and still do a zillion years later.

  • @ronaldchives2486
    @ronaldchives2486 Рік тому +9

    Kills me every time, brings back so many memories xxx

  • @judyamylondon729
    @judyamylondon729 4 роки тому +24

    I love Tom Waith, music for my Soul ❤❤❤❤

  • @gchomuk
    @gchomuk 8 днів тому

    Amazing artist. Amazing song/album.

  • @bernadettedunn6129
    @bernadettedunn6129 4 роки тому +20

    Love Tom. Looking for Step Right Up. Can't seem to find my favorite but I absolutely love having this great music so I don't have to listen to the lying braggart. This music transports me back to my youth. Didn't know how much I'd miss those simpler times.

    • @joyceheyer6026
      @joyceheyer6026 4 роки тому

      Is this it? ua-cam.com/video/kTdScE3Rqh8/v-deo.html

  • @isaiahbasaldua924
    @isaiahbasaldua924 10 місяців тому +6

    such simple raw poetry in every lyric capturing the magic of the everyday life .A song that casts a spell on you just like one of those beautiful nights out on the town.

  • @berkeleybernie
    @berkeleybernie 4 місяці тому +2

    Love listening to this song. Love playing and singing this song. Thanks, Tom.

  • @buddyalbert5808
    @buddyalbert5808 2 роки тому +10

    Heard this for the first time today. It was a good day.

  • @roameryang
    @roameryang Рік тому +4

    And you're stumbling
    Stumbling onto the heart of Saturday night....
    one of the most haunting lyrics/ melodies from Waits...

  • @brianlalor
    @brianlalor 4 місяці тому +2

    I used get off my construction job hafl day Saturday go home put this on shower shave and head down the town:) brings me right back

  • @ApotropaicV
    @ApotropaicV 2 роки тому +5

    One of my 20 favorites (of Tom’s). So wishfully cool and hopeful in that way that is magical for a minute.

  • @peterlansdowne5044
    @peterlansdowne5044 6 місяців тому +1

    Tom touches my heart like no other. He has gotten me through some rough nights. 3:53

  • @Jane-m1v
    @Jane-m1v 3 місяці тому

    Oh wow Love a bit of Tom waits, perfect voice to sing a new year in .
    “Looking for the heart of Saturday night”in my list of top tunes .
    Oh and “The pianos been drinking” obviously 🤣

  • @sclivingstrong75
    @sclivingstrong75 2 роки тому +8

    A huge blessing

  • @C.E.K.
    @C.E.K. Рік тому +6

    Wonder how many of us actually know what it feels like to peak at something, anything just once in life

  • @ronlemons5316
    @ronlemons5316 7 місяців тому +1

    Such a great song. The words blend so well together. It transports me to the places in the big cities that I used to visit, the darker, seedier parts of those cities so long ago. And then finding a sort of redemption because of a certain lady that you meet. A lady who literally rescues your soul. You weren't looking for love love at the time, but there it is. And through an act of magic, she loves you also. Oh, to be so blessed. To find the love of your life in that moment. But now as you fast forward through time, it is taken away from you. Your heart.

    • @alansommer
      @alansommer 7 місяців тому

      You should consider writing professionally, you're good.

  • @javi9038
    @javi9038 Рік тому +9

    La escuche hace mucho en un disco de recopilaciónes de canciones de Tom. Y nunca supe el nombre de esta cancion...a todos les preguntaba esa canción donde se escuchan las bocinas😊 y fue asi que la encontre. Unas de mis preferidas💘

  • @RIDETHESUNSHINE
    @RIDETHESUNSHINE 3 роки тому +7

    “It's not that we spend five days looking forward to just two. It's that most people do what they enjoy most on those two days. Imagine living a life where everyday are your Saturdays and Sundays. Make everyday your weekend. Make everyday a play-day…” ― James A. Murphy, The Waves of Life Quotes and Daily Meditations
    .
    Amen Will

    • @JeffDoerr
      @JeffDoerr 29 днів тому +1

      Sure. It's that easy. What are you smoking and can you get me some?😮

    • @RIDETHESUNSHINE
      @RIDETHESUNSHINE 29 днів тому +1

      @@JeffDoerr 👍😎

  • @laurie4468
    @laurie4468 2 роки тому +11

    I can't get enough of Tom Waits. Beautiful song.

  • @johnbruno6868
    @johnbruno6868 2 роки тому +7

    I sure love the bass part on this. Well, all the other parts too!

    • @Obstsalatissimo
      @Obstsalatissimo Рік тому +3

      yes, the bass is singing outstandingly 🙂

    • @dhende3
      @dhende3 14 днів тому +1

      Only bass part that made me want to go into a youtube comment section to see if anyone agrees

  • @samuelsettemberino2620
    @samuelsettemberino2620 3 роки тому +7

    Pure Poetry

  • @stephenanastasio8057
    @stephenanastasio8057 3 роки тому +4

    “ stopping on the red , goin on the green” rules to live by

  • @rgball1960
    @rgball1960 Рік тому +1

    The current time is now ( Christmas night ) how beautiful is this song ? Like no other.

  • @fazmananarju8779
    @fazmananarju8779 Рік тому +4

    So American .more than Mr Elvis.just beautyfull.❤

  • @kentborges5114
    @kentborges5114 4 роки тому +3

    TOM IS TOPS.

  • @kristoffehutchings7017
    @kristoffehutchings7017 Рік тому

    Yes, Thank you so very much Tom.

  • @nabailey51
    @nabailey51 Рік тому +2

    Miss seeing you in the Midwest, Indiana

  • @a.e.r.7745
    @a.e.r.7745 2 роки тому +1

    Love love love this

  • @tonybruce4411
    @tonybruce4411 3 роки тому +1

    Anthea Blackmore ,glad you found him again. Nice one.Tony fae Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @buggulugs
    @buggulugs 7 місяців тому

    My favourite song on what is a great album.

  • @antoniomarine1567
    @antoniomarine1567 6 місяців тому

    That’s a masterpiece

  • @erjo8199
    @erjo8199 2 роки тому +4

    a dive bar jukebox favorite of mine

  • @colchestercreek
    @colchestercreek Рік тому +1

    I always remember the first version of this album (vinyl) had a 60 second or so reprise to this song which later versions (tape, cd et al) lack. I always wondered whose call it was to nix that reprise, and why. Formative years. Just beautiful.

  • @redwingblackbirdnell
    @redwingblackbirdnell 9 місяців тому +1

    watching The Perfect Storm...bar scene ~ sweet, hesitant Michael trying to connect with warm and lonesome Irene..heard a scrap of this song rising...

  • @HilmaFrye
    @HilmaFrye 2 роки тому

    Love them all … Love Tom Waits … forever

  • @E-s.thoughts
    @E-s.thoughts Місяць тому

    O yes, perfect song for a raindog like me.

  • @andrewsandoz8005
    @andrewsandoz8005 8 місяців тому

    Sentimentality on time.

  • @glenncambray9783
    @glenncambray9783 2 місяці тому

    "No, I'll not. Despair not feast on thee. Not untwist, slack they may be, these last strands of man in me, or most weary cry, I can no more. I can, can something hope, wish day come, not choose not to be". Gerard Manley Hopkins.

  • @robinion3093
    @robinion3093 2 місяці тому

    Been there ... magical and mystical... neon buzzing .... second cousin ...

  • @antheablackmore5838
    @antheablackmore5838 4 роки тому +5

    Sigh....been too long ....glad I’ve found you again 💕

  • @richardturpin3665
    @richardturpin3665 4 місяці тому

    My 2nd cousin phones me when he's drunk. I relate to this song. I just heard it on huey Show Radio 6

  • @alfredelliott204
    @alfredelliott204 3 роки тому +5

    Nobody writes lyrics like tom hes the boss full stop

    • @EvilSkeptic
      @EvilSkeptic 3 роки тому

      I agree, only this was written by Jerry Jeff Walker.

    • @EvilSkeptic
      @EvilSkeptic 3 роки тому

      @Dan Dugan You are correct. My mistake.

  • @danilaird
    @danilaird Рік тому +1

    Class

  • @user-mk1pt4ss1w
    @user-mk1pt4ss1w 6 місяців тому

    トムウェイツ
    最高のソングライター
    酒が飲みたくなる

  • @jonerwin2498
    @jonerwin2498 11 місяців тому

    My brother used to cover this at the Sugarloaf Salon in Valdez Alaska.

  • @user-sk3fj8kj8r
    @user-sk3fj8kj8r 3 роки тому +4

    初めて聴いたトムウェイツがこのアルバムだった
    多分ジャケ買いだった当時の俺を褒めてやりたい

  • @lawrenceelliott2890
    @lawrenceelliott2890 Рік тому

    Love!

  • @somekindofbrain
    @somekindofbrain 2 місяці тому

    You don't even need to have a second cousin for this song to resonate.

  • @zetetick395
    @zetetick395 Рік тому

    And the dog, all lorn and wishful,
    goes out lookin for the nights
    that're gone from us forever...

  • @TM-vq1bf
    @TM-vq1bf 3 роки тому +3

    This is a February album I declare

  • @user-xo8pb6jf8f
    @user-xo8pb6jf8f 3 роки тому +2

    У меня двое таких : Tom Waits и Владимир Высоцкий.

  • @bykasail
    @bykasail Рік тому

    He reminds me so much of harry chapin.

  • @MartaBtrp
    @MartaBtrp Рік тому +1

    🥃

  • @IanHough
    @IanHough 11 місяців тому +1

    What does "cruising with a six" mean?

    • @svenschiller2332
      @svenschiller2332 10 місяців тому +1

      V6😮

    • @IanHough
      @IanHough 10 місяців тому +1

      @@svenschiller2332 Makes sense!

    • @knifelyfe6565
      @knifelyfe6565 10 місяців тому +1

      ....or a six pack of beer.Tom let's us make that choice.

  • @mattlogic2408
    @mattlogic2408 3 роки тому

    Not a drinker but wouldn't mind one with Billy Joe

  • @Maki.1028
    @Maki.1028 2 роки тому +3

    ほんといいアルバムだよネ✨🤍

  • @lisa.user-xm7kz2tb6x
    @lisa.user-xm7kz2tb6x 2 роки тому

    💓✌️

  • @TheClass6464
    @TheClass6464 2 роки тому +1

    Crew zing with a six…. What else can you say?

  • @ericdavis9183
    @ericdavis9183 Рік тому +3

    Reminds of Bruce Springsteen, but much more soulful than Bruce

  • @saltydog4759
    @saltydog4759 9 місяців тому

    Lyle Lovette Vibe

  • @Shakeshift
    @Shakeshift 8 місяців тому

    I got this song from watching (of all things) the old 90's TV show Picket Fences. Season 4, called "The Heart of Saturday Night."

  • @helgostyle1339
    @helgostyle1339 2 роки тому +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤i love it