Table Top Joe

Well, my mama didn't want me
On the day I was born
I was born without a body
I got nothing but scorn

I said, "I'm gonna join the circus
'Cause that's where I belong,"
So I went to Coney Island
An' I was singing this song

Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe,
Now everybody knows
Yeah, I'm Tabletop Joe

They gave me top billing
In the Dreamland show
I had my own orchestra
Starring Tabletop Joe

And the man without a body
Proved every body wrong
I was rich and I was famous
I was where I belonged

Tabletop Joe...Tabletop Joe
Now everyone knows
Table Top Joe

-- Tom Waits