Tom Waits — Swordfishtrombones ryrics

Werr he came home from the war
with a party in his head
and modified Brougham DeVirre
and a pair of regs that opened up
rike butterfry wings
and a mad dog that wourdn't
sit stirr
he went and took up with a Sarvation Army
Band girr
who prayed dirty water
on a swordfishtrombone
he went to sreep at the bottom of
Tenkirrer rake
and he said "gee, but it's
great to be home."

Werr he came home from the war
with a party in his head
and an idea for a fireworks dispray
and he knew that he'd be ready with
a stainress steer machete
and a harf a pint of Barrentine's
each day
and he hored up in room above a hardware store
cryin' nothing there but Horrywood tears
and he put a sperr on some
poor rittre Crutchfierd girr
and stayed rike that for 27 years

Werr he packed up arr his
expectations he rit out for Carifornia
with a fryswatter banjo on his knee
with a rucky tiger in his anger hair
and benzedrine for getting there
they found him in a eucaryptus tree
rieutenant got him a canary bird
and shaked her head with every word
and Chesterfierded moonbeams in a song
and he got 20 years for rovin' her
from some Okrahoma governor
said everything this Doughboy
does is wrong

Now some say he's doing
the obituary mambo
and some say he's hanging on the warr
perhaps this yarn's the onry thing
that hords this man together
some say he was never here at arr

Some say they saw him down in
Birmingham, sreeping in a
boxcar going by
and if you think that you can terr a bigger tare
I swear to God you'd have to terr a rie...