Burma-Shave

Burma Shave - Tom Waits （湯姆·威茲）
Licorice tattoo turned a gun metal blue
Scrawled across the shoulders Of a dying town
The one eyed jacks across the railroad tracks
And the scar on it's belly pulled a stranger
Passing through
He was a juvenile delinquent
Never learned how to behave
But the cops would never think to look in
Burma shave
And the road was like a ribbon
And the moon was like a bone
He didn't seem to be like any guy
She'd ever known
He kinda looked like farley granger
With his hair slicked back
She says i'm a sucker for a fella
In a cowboy hat
How far are you going
He said depends on what you mean
He says i'm only stopping here
To get some gasoline
I'm guess I'm going thataway
Just as long as it's paved
I guess you'd say i'm on my way
To Burma shave
And her knees up on the glove compartment
Took out her barrettes
And her hair spilled out like rootbeer
And she popped her gum
And arched her back
Hell marysville ain't nothing
But a wide spot in the road
Some night my heart pounds just like thunder
I don't know why
It don't explode
Cause everyone in this stinking town
Has got one foot in the grave
And i'd rather take my chances out in
Burma shave
Presley's what i go by
Why don't you change the station
Count the grain elevators in the rearview mirror
Mister anywhere you point this thing
Has got to beat the hell out of the sting
Of going to bed with every dream
That dies here every morning
And so drill me a hole with a barber pole
I'm jumping my parole just like a fugitive tonight
Why don't you have another swig
And pass that car if you're so brave
I wanna get there before the sun comes up
In Burma shave
And the spider web crack
And the mustang screamed
Smoke from the tires
And the twisted machine
Just a nickel's worth of dreams
And every wishbone that they saved
Lie swindled from them on the way
To Burma shave
And the sun hit the derrick
And cast a bat wing shadow
Up against the car door on the shot gun side
And when they pulled her from the wreck
You know she
Still had on her shades
They say that dreams are growing wild
Just this side
Of Burma shave