Kentucky Avenue -
Tom Waits
Eddie
graces buick got 4 bullet holes in the side
charlie
delisle sittin at the top of an avocado tree
Mrs
Stormll stab you with a steak knife if you step on her lawn i got a half
pack of lucky strikes man come along with me lets fill our pockets with
macadamia nuts then go over to bobby goodmansons and jump off the roof
hilda plays strip poker and her mamas across the street joey navinski says
she put her tongue in his mouth
Dicky Faulkners got a switchblade and some
gooseneck risers that eucalyptus is a hunchback theres a wind up from the
south let me tie you up with kite string and i'll show you the scabs on
my knee watch out for the broken glass, put your shoes and socks on and
come along with me lets follow that fire track
i think
your house is burnin down
the
go down to the hobo jungle
and
kill some rattle snakes with a trowel
we'll
break all the windows in the old anderson place
and
steal a bunch of boysenberrys
and
smear em on our face
i'll
get a dollar from my mamas purse
and
buy that skull and crossbones ring
and
you can wear it around your neck
on an
old piece of string
then
we'll spit on ronnie arnold
and
flip him the bird
and
slash the tires on the school bus
now
don't say a word
i'll
take a rusty nail
and
scratch your initials on my arm
and
i'll show you how to sneak up
on the
roof of the drugstore
take
the spokes from your wheelchair
and
a magpies wings
and
tie em to your shoulders and your feet
i'll
steal a hacksaw from my dad
and
cut the braces off your legs
and
we'll bury them tonight in the cornfield
put a
church keey in your pocket
we'll
hop that freight train in the hall
and
we'll slide down the drain all the way
to new
orleans in the fall