Ten Favorite Tom Waits Songs
(I have a list of my favorite Tom Waits albums here. These are my favorite of his songs, in order of preference, with notes when the recording I prefer isn’t the official studio release.)
Anywhere I Lay My Head
Good Old World (Waltz)
Take It With Me
In the Neighborhood
Ruby’s Arms
Tom Traubert’s Blues
Downtown Train
Martha
Hell Broke Luce
San Diego Serenade (the live recording from Nighthawks on the Radio: KNEW-FM Broadcast, 8 December 1976)
— February 24, 2021