Frank's Wild Years

Well, Frank settled down in the Valley And he hung his wild years on a nail that he drove through his wife's forehead He sold used office furniture out there on San Fernando Road And assumed a thirty thousand dollar loan at fifteen and a quarter percent And put a down payment on a little two bedroom place His wife was a spent piece of used jet trash Made good bloody Marys, kept her mouth shut most of the time Had a little Chihuahua named Carlos That had some kind of skin disease and was totally blind They had a thoroughly modern kitchen, self-cleaning oven, the whole bit Frank drove a little sedan, yhey were so happy One night Frank was on his way home from work, stopped at the liquor store Picked up a couple of Mickey's Big Mouths Drank 'em in the car on his way to the Shell station Got a gallon of gas in a can Drove home, doused everything in the house, torched it Parked across the street laughing, watching it burn All Halloween-orange and chimney-red Then Frank put on a top forty station Got on the Hollywood Freeway, headed north Never could stand that dog --- Frank's Wild Years - Tom Waits