Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years

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Well Frank settled down out
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 $ 30,
000 loan at 151/4%, 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
. They were so happy
One night, Frank was on his way home from work, stopped at the liquor store.
Picked up a couple
Mickey’s Big Mouths
, drank 'em in the car on his way to the Shell station. He 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 40-station, got on the Hollywood Freeway,
and headed north
Never could stand
that dog