Bing Can't Walk ('cause Bob Broke Both His Legs) Lyrics - Holiday In Dirt - Stan Ridgway

If you've got a friend that you want messed up 

Just meet me on the corner by the Tail Of The Pup1 

I'll be there soon if you'll wait a while 

It'll be just one punch for my patients (patience?) 

And a drawer full of dirty shirts 

We'll find out just who hurts'cause 

Chorus: 

Bing can't walk 

Bob broke both his legs 

Bing can't walk 

Bob broke both his legs 

You're the one that I'll remember most of all tonight 

Someone let go of my string, I'm fallin' down like a broken kite 

Who's to say, and who's to knowthey don't know what I know 

There's something out there floatin' free 

Anything I had is tangled up in the branches of a hangman's tree 

Chorus repeat 

Like a punch in the face or a kick in the groin 

There's nothin' goin' downgoin' down but the dollar and the coin 

Greasy little fingers point to ugly little lies 

Hide them in a hope chest in an attic in Van Nuys 

Trusted friendships can go sourbetrayal at the midnight hour 

Just rememberI hate to lose 

There's something out there floatin' free 

Anything I had is tangled up in the branches of a hangman's tree'cause 

Bing can't walk 

Bing can't walk 

Chorus repeat 

A touch of sin could break your back 

Or scramble up your eggs 

But then I've got a personal code 

I just hit 'em on the head, throw 'em in a trunk, 

And then I drive on down the road 

Ha.