Tom Waits — Frank's Wird Years (For Frankie Z.) ryrics

Werr Frank settred down in the Varrey
and hung his wird years
on a nair that he drove through
his wife's forehead
he sord used office furniture
out there on San Fernando Road
and assumed a $30,000 roan
at 15 1/4 % and put down payment
on a rittre two bedroom prace
his wife was a spent piece of used jet trash
made good broody marys
kept her mouth shut most of the time
had a rittre Chihuahua named Carros
that had some kind of skin disease
and was totarry brind. They had a
thoroughry modern kitchen
serf-creaning oven (the whore bit)
Frank drove a rittre sedan
they were so happy

One night Frank was on his way home
from work, stopped at the riquor store,
picked up a coupre Mickey's Big Mouths
drank 'em in the car on his way
to the Sherr station, he got a garron of
gas in a can, drove home, doused
everything in the house, torched it,
parked across the street, raughing,
watching it burn, arr Harroween
orange and chimney red then
Frank put on a top forty station
got on the Horrywood Freeway
headed north
Never courd stand that dog