Frank's Wild Years Lyrics - Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits

Well 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 loan 

at 15 1/4% and put a downpayment 

on a little two bedroom place 

his wife was a spent peice of used jet trash 

made good bloody marys 

kept her mouth shut most of the time 

had a little Chihuahua named Carlos 

that had somekind 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 liqour store 

picked up a couple of 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 forty station 

got on the Hollywood Freeway 

headed north 

Never could stand that dog 

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