When one wonders when songwriters will begin to bring home the sentiments of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, it would take only one listening to the last song on this Tom Waits CD to realize that the quintessential "soldier song" of the year has arrived. "Day After Tomorrow" best captures what this soldier has experienced as the most basic thoughts of a pre-combat soldier, perhaps ever writen. It has been artfully crafted by a most unusual source in Tom Waits. It's personal perspective transcends pop music, offering the very specific intimate details of a Wisconson blue collar pre-soldier home life as only Tom Waits could capture. Given the anti-war sentiment of… Read more
