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Shore Leave by Tom Waits
Genre: Rock
Year: 1983
Year: 1983
Shore leave is the leave that professional sailors get to spend on dry land. It is culturally infamous for its excess.
During the Age of Sail, shore leave was often abused by the members of the crew, who took it as a prime opportunity to drink in excess, indulge in other pleasures denied to them aboard the solely masculine ships, and desert. Many captains were forced to take on new members of the crew to replace the ones lost due to shore leave. Read full article at wikipedia.org
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Recommend this song to friends!More songs by Tom Waits: The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me), Falling Down, The Part You Throw Away, 16 shells from a thirty-ought six, I Never Talk to Strangers.
Best of Rock: Stairway To Heaven, Beat It, Give In To Me, Hotel California, They Don't Care About Us.
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