And a pair of legs that opened up Like butterfly wings
And a mad dog that wouldn't Sit still
He went and took up with a salvation army Band girl Played dirty water On a swordfishtrombone
He went to sleep at the bottom of Ten killer lake
And he said gee but it's Great to be home
Well he came home from the war With a party in his head
And an idea for a fireworks display
And he knew that he'd be ready with A stainless steel machete
And a half a pint of ballentine's Each day
And he holed up in a room above a hardware store Cryin' nothing there but Hollywood tears
And he put a spell on some Poor little crutch field girl
And stayed like that for 27 years
He packed up all his Expectations he lit out for California
With a flyswatter banjo on his knee
With a lucky tiger in his angel hair And Benzedrine for getting there
Found him in a eucalyptus tree
Lieutenant got him a canary bird And shaken her head with every word
And Chesterfield moonbeams in a song
He got 20 years for loving her From some Oklahoma governor
Said everything this dough boy Does is wrong
Now some say he's doing The obituary mambo
And some say he's hanging on the wall
Perhaps this yarn's the only thing That holds this man together
Some say that he was never here at all
Some say they saw him down in Birmingham sleeping in a Boxcar going by
And if you think that you can tell a bigger tale
I swear to God you'd have to tell a lie
[00:00.000] 作词 : Waits [00:33.45]Well he came home from the war [00:35.22] [00:35.74]With a party in his head [00:37.15] [00:37.84]And modified brougham deville [00:40.12] [00:41.86]And a pair of legs that opened up [00:43.92]Like butterfly wings [00:45.19] [00:45.94]And a mad dog that wouldn't [00:47.65]Sit still [00:48.30] [00:49.72]He went and took up with a salvation army [00:52.52]Band girl [00:53.55]Played dirty water [00:54.73]On a swordfishtrombone [00:56.39] [00:57.69]He went to sleep at the bottom of [00:59.97]Ten killer lake [01:01.09] [01:01.79]And he said gee but it's [01:03.37]Great to be home [01:04.61] [01:05.78]Well he came home from the war [01:07.96]With a party in his head [01:09.37] [01:10.42]And an idea for a fireworks display [01:12.60] [01:14.42]And he knew that he'd be ready with [01:16.44]A stainless steel machete [01:18.02] [01:18.66]And a half a pint of ballentine's [01:20.58]Each day [01:21.01] [01:22.45]And he holed up in a room above a hardware store [01:26.34]Cryin' nothing there but Hollywood tears [01:29.02] [01:30.51]And he put a spell on some [01:32.33]Poor little crutch field girl [01:33.99] [01:34.77]And stayed like that for 27 years [01:37.21] [01:38.37]He packed up all his [01:39.48]Expectations he lit out for California [01:42.09] [01:42.85]With a flyswatter banjo on his knee [01:45.03] [01:46.49]With a lucky tiger in his angel hair [01:49.09]And Benzedrine for getting there [01:50.74] [01:51.48]Found him in a eucalyptus tree [01:53.13] [01:54.66]Lieutenant got him a canary bird [01:57.23]And shaken her head with every word [01:58.70] [01:59.26]And Chesterfield moonbeams in a song [02:01.68] [02:02.74]He got 20 years for loving her [02:04.99]From some Oklahoma governor [02:06.65] [02:07.23]Said everything this dough boy [02:08.93]Does is wrong [02:09.69] [02:10.77]Now some say he's doing [02:12.03]The obituary mambo [02:13.51] [02:15.35]And some say he's hanging on the wall [02:17.33] [02:18.92]Perhaps this yarn's the only thing [02:21.35]That holds this man together [02:22.73] [02:23.47]Some say that he was never here at all [02:25.53] [02:27.66]Some say they saw him down in [02:29.39]Birmingham sleeping in a [02:32.67]Boxcar going by [02:34.02] [02:35.32]And if you think that you can tell a bigger tale [02:38.45] [02:39.52]I swear to God you'd have to tell a lie
