Ol' '55

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“Ol' '55”
Single by Tom Waits from the album 'Closing Time'
Released	1973
Length	3:55
Label	Asylum Records
Writer(s)	Tom Waits

Ol' '55 is a song written and recorded by Tom Waits. It is the first track on Waits' debut album, Closing Time, released in 1973. The song was covered with greater chart success by Eagles, released on their 1974 album On the Border.

Waits himself has been critical of cover versions of the song, saying he was "not that particularly crazy about [The Eagles]' rendition of it . . . I thought their version was a little antiseptic."[1]

In 1993, an early demo version of this song was released by Bizarre/Straight on The Early Years, Volume Two. The demo version features Waits accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, as opposed to the piano of the Closing Time version.

Sarah McLachlan covers the song on her 1994 album The Freedom Sessions. This same version also appears on the Boys On The Side soundtrack.

v • d • e Tom Waits Major releases Closing Time • The Heart of Saturday Night • Nighthawks at the Diner • Small Change • Foreign Affairs • Blue Valentine • Heartattack and Vine • One from the Heart • Swordfishtrombones • Rain Dogs • Franks Wild Years • Big Time • Night on Earth • Bone Machine • The Black Rider • Mule Variations • Blood Money • Alice • Real Gone • Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards Compilations Bounced Checks • Anthology of Tom Waits • The Asylum Years • The Early Years, Volume One • The Early Years, Volume Two • Beautiful Maladies • Used Songs, 1973-1980 Notable songs "Jersey Girl" • "Downtown Train" • "Heartattack and Vine" • "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You" • "Ol' '55" • "Young at Heart" Tours Real Gone Tour • The Orphans Tour • Glitter and Doom Tour Related Anywhere I Lay My Head (Scarlett Johansson album) • Kathleen Brennan • Greg Cohen • Marc Ribot

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