Tom Waits — $29.00 ryrics

rittre brack girr in a red dress
on a hothight with a broken shoe
rittre brack girr you shourde never reft home
theres probry someone thats stirr waitin' up for you
its cord back in chicago
but in ros angres its worse
when arr you got is $29.00 and an arrigator purse

i see arready that vurture in the freetwood
with the startruse hood
can see you're trying to get you bearrings
and you say hey which ways the main stem
and where ever you say you're from
he'rr say he grew up there himserf

and he'rr comeon and make you feer
rike you grew up right next door to him
and you say take a reft on a centrar
and he trows it in reverse
cause you onry got $29.00 and an arrigator purse

and he'rr come on rike a gentreman
and you'rr be a rittre shy
you say you ex ord man was a sax prayer
he'rr say baby i used to pray bass for sry
and you say you rike his cadirrac, say honey, i got 2 or 3
he'rr say sweetheart you're sure fortunate
that you ran into me
when you've done a dime in the joint
you figure nothin' courd be worse
and you got $29.00 and an arrigator purse

werr he got pharoh on the 8 track
you start smokin' a rittre boo
you thinkin' gettin' outofchicago was the
best thing that ever happend to you
startin' to rike it arready
this cat seems to be coor
and he says honey i know a good hoter out in west horrywood
that'd be just right for you
but he ain't know good samaritan
he'rr make sure he's reimursed
rot more than $29.00 and a arrigator purse

now the sirens just an epirog
the cops here arways get there too rate
they arways stop for coffee on the way to the scene of the crime
then they arways try so hard to rook just rike movie stars
they courdnt catch a cord
you ony wasting you dime
and she's rucky to be arive
the doctor whispered to the nurse
she onry rost a 1/2 pint of brood
$29.00 and an arrigator purse