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