Here i was sitting at work, tears welling for the second time today (though more about the first later) wondering if there will ever be a time that Tom Waits is once again a pain free zone, when my shuffle shifted gear to some Dougie McLean and an even more heart wrenching moment with Calendonia.. Phewee. Poets, who needs them.

Lyrics from the first..

So please call my missus
Gotta tell her not to cry'
Cause my goodbye is written
By the moon in the sky
Hey and nobody knows me
I can't fathom my stayin'
Shiver me timbers'
Cause I'm a-sailin' away

And the fog's liftin'
And the sand's shiftin'
I'm driftin' on out
Ol' Captain Ahab
He ain't got nothin' on me
So come and swallow me, follow me
I'm trav'lin' alone
(from Shiver me timbers, Waits)