Tom Waits - "Kentucky Avenue"

Eddie Grace's Buick
got four bullet holes in the side

And Charlie Delisle is sittin'
at the top of an avocado tree

Mrs. Storm'll 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

Let's fill our pockets
with macadamia nuts

Then go over
to Bobby Goodmanson's

And jump off the roof

Hilda plays strip poker

And her mama's across the street

Joey Navinski says she put
her tongue in his mouth

Dicky Faulkner's 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

Let's 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

And we'll break all the windows

In the old Anderson place

And steal a bunch of boysenberries

And smear 'em all on our face

I'll get a dollar from my mama's 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 in 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 magpie's 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

Out in the cornfield

Just put a church key in your pocket

We'll hop that freight
train in the hall

We'll slide all the way down the drain

To New Orleans in the fall