Perhaps smoky drifter. Or bum.

Or carnival midget, if you will.

These songs tend not to be sung in a Cookie Monster voice.

Several of his tunes make me feel quite light on my feet, in fact.

Not, of course, that that's all he's good for.

I have lots of Tom Waits records though.

Well, sometimes I do.

As if I want to put my headphones on and start galumping down the sidewalk.

That is to say, not a lot, but at least some.