Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

 Well I poked my lighter through a hurricane hole

Drinking champagne from a turtle shell bowl

 I grabbed on the hook of his big fishing rod

 I'm holding my breath in the shadow of Tom

Verse 2

Well I starred in a puppet show in an alleyway

Built a king size bed from a bale of hay

The sun is sweat and the moon is blood

They all get eclipsed in the shadow of Tom

Chorus

Stereo blaring just as loud as it can

Tom's the only one who really understands

Verse 3

And I'm shuffling cards in an interstate town

I got my shoes shined by a one eyed clown

Gas station coffee ain't never too hot

I'm running on fumes in the shadow of Tom

Verse 4

There's a homemade scarecrow beating on a drum

A dead drunk preacher is cleaning his guns

Whiskey and dust and it's name is Mud

Spouted from the pulpit in the shadow of Tom

Verse 5

Then I fetched my daddy a hickory stick

Every time I cuss an unborn baby kicks

Daddy's gonna have to hit me really really hard

To end my time in the shadow of Tom