Pitchfork

In the new video for "Lie to Me", Tom Waits is hanging out in the backyard of a brokedown shack cluttered with stereo parts, a piano, a refrigerator, and a mean ol' dog. Honestly, would we expect Tom Waits to hang out anywhere else? The mall? A Lakers game?

The clip for the rockabilly-ish rave-up is composed of strips of still photographs strung together to look like Waits is dancing as he mugs and struts through the tune. It's what I imagine we all look like when we're air guitaring in front of the mirror, except he has a real guitar, and is in front of a camera, and is famous. The dog is not amused.

"Lie to Me" is from the forthcoming Waits three-disc set Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards, due out on Anti- on November 21. As previously reported, Waits will appear on "Late Night With David Letterman" and "The Daily Show" on November 27 and November 28, respectively.