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    Can anyone tell me the title and lyrics of the song with these lines, "Toilets running, shake the handle. Has anyone seen my husband? His name is Randall?" Might be Tom Waits, but not sure.

    Question #113083. Asked by unclerick. (Feb 24 10 2:15 PM)


    robert326

    		Looks like it is indeed Tom Waits. From Putnam County, 1975. Pretty interesting lyrics.

    http://www.ripcat.free-online.co.uk/waitshtml/nighthawksatthedinerlyrics.htm#PutnamCounty

    Feb 24 10, 2:25 PM
    darkpresence

    		The actual line is "toilet's runnin' shake the
    Handle, telephone's ringin' it's Mrs Randal
    Where the hell are my goddam sandals"
    http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/t/tom_waits/putnam_county.html
    From "Nighthawks at the Diner", it's always sounded like a reworking of "The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleon's Pizza House" from "The Heart of Saturday Night" to me. Pure Waits, all classics.

    Feb 24 10, 4:26 PM

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