Kentucky Anvenue Lyrics by Tom Waits

Kentucky Anvenue 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 windowa 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 scull 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 spongs 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

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