What does "old 55" mean in Tom Waits' homonymic song?

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a car? what kind? or ... what? :D
pls tell me

2006-12-11 06:40:59 · 2 answers · asked by nico 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music

Wow ... that's sooo nice ..... u met Tom Waits!! 8-> ... What do u by saying it was tom waits before becoming tom waits?

2006-12-11 06:57:27 · update #1

It was a car. What kind I can't remember.

That was Tom Waits before he became Tom Waits

First saw him in 1975

2006-12-11 06:48:41 · answer #1 · answered by b4_999 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋

I think he's talking about his car??

2006-12-11 16:42:26 · answer #2 · answered by Next evolutionary step... 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋