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Frank settled down 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 dollar loan at fifteen and a quarter percent
put a down payment on a little two bedroom place
His wife was a spent piece of used jet trash
Made good Bloody Mary?s
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
He stopped at the liquor store
Picked up a couple of Mickey?s Big Mouths
Drank ?em in the car, and with a 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 forty station
Got on the Hollywood Freeway
and headed North
Never could stand that dog
Music & Lyrics by: Tom Waits
Official release: ?Swordfishtrombones?, Island Records Inc., © 1983 & ?Beautiful Maladies?, Island Records Inc., © 1998
Translate to:
Frank settled down 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 dollar loan at fifteen and a quarter percent
put a down payment on a little two bedroom place
His wife was a spent piece of used jet trash
Made good Bloody Mary?s
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
He stopped at the liquor store
Picked up a couple of Mickey?s Big Mouths
Drank ?em in the car, and with a 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 forty station
Got on the Hollywood Freeway
and headed North
Never could stand that dog
Music & Lyrics by: Tom Waits
Official release: ?Swordfishtrombones?, Island Records Inc., © 1983 & ?Beautiful Maladies?, Island Records Inc., © 1998