431. "Downtown Train" Tom Waits

"Downtown Train"
Tom Waits
Rain Dogs
1985

I'm going to preemptively destroy any indie cred I ever had right now, before we even get to Hanson later in the countdown.
I kinda like the Rod Stewart version of this song.
Obviously it's not as good as ole Tom's here, but it's a completely different animal. Instead of the sound of a dude in the gutter watching the love of his life pass him by every night, it's a rousing pop song about Rod Stewart being all romantic and shit. (Though if I recall, in the video he did warm his hands over one of those trash can fires bums use in the movies.)
But that's okay. Tom Waits is Tom Waits, and Rod Stewart is Rod Stewart, and their Venn diagram would be two separate circles.
But wouldn't you pay at least 500 bucks to hear Tom Waits sing "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"?