Tom Waits released his second album just a year after his first. Much had evolved from then, though much was the same. Waits' newer music had a more jazzy feel, rather than the
country twang of his debut. The piano is often drowned out by other instruments, but it does come pounding back out. The title track, The Heart Of
Saturday Night, and it's conclusion The Ghosts Of
Saturday Night, are settled, but very bouncy tunes.
An excerpt from
The Heart of Saturday Night's first track-
New Coat Of Paint
Let's put a new coat of paint, on this lonesome old town
Set 'em up, we'll be
knockin' em down.
You wear a dress, baby, and I'll wear a tie.
We'll laugh at that old
bloodshot moon, in that burgundy sky