August 31 - Downtown Train

After having been somewhat sinister, I think it is time to get poetic. Tom Waits' Rain Dogs album is a great collection of songs, but most of them are building up to punchlines and climactic moments. However, the song Downtown Train is a notable exception to this, as it opens up with a pretty nice image of the moon at night:

"Outside another yellow moon

Punched a hole in the nighttime"

I know many may have heard Rod Stewart's version, but I still prefer the original gritty version.