Tom Waits Jersey Girl live 1999 “Jersey Girl” is a song composed and originally sung by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits from his 1980 album Heartattack and Vine. Waits wrote the song for his future wife Kathleen Brennan, who had been living in New Jersey. Waits said in a 1980 interview that, “I never thought I would catch myself saying ‘sha la la’ in a song ... This is my first experiment with ‘sha la la.’ The song, performed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, was released as the B

Tom Waits performs "Picture in a Frame" live on KBCO - October 13, 1999. The full KBCO Session, including an interview by Bret Saunders, and performances of "The Fall of Troy," "I Can't Wait to Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue," and "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet" is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfCGvgswQpE Photo by Jay Blakesberg #tomwaits #mulevarations | Tom Waits