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In reaction to these hardships, Waits recorded Small Change ( 1976 ), which finds him in a much more cynical and pessimistic mood, lyrically, with many songs such as " The Piano Has Been Drinking ( Not Me ) ( An Evening with Pete King )" and " Bad Liver and a Broken Heart ( In Lowell )".

With the album, Waits asserted that he " tried to resolve a few things as far as this cocktail lounge, maudlin, crying-in-your-beer image that I have.

There ain't nothin ' funny about a drunk [...] I was really starting to believe that there was something amusing and wonderfully American about being a drunk.

I ended up telling myself to cut that shit out.

" The album, which also included long-time fan favorite " Tom Traubert's Blues ( Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen )", featured jazz drummer Shelly Manne and was, like his previous albums, heavily influenced by jazz.