Tom Waits Lyrics

Album: Blue Valentine

Kentucky Avenue Lyrics

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