Kentucky Avenue

Eddie Graces Buick got four bullet holes in the side And 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, so 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 There's a wind up from the south So 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 truck I think your house is burnin' down Then go down to the hobo jungle And kill some rattlesnakes 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 I'll take the spokes from your wheelchair And a magpies wings And I'll 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 key in your pocket We'll hop that freight train in the hall And we'll slide all the way down the drain To New Orleans in the fall --- Kentucky Avenue - Tom Waits