Noirsville Tune of the Week

More Tom Waits

 Heartattack and Vine

liar liar with your pants

on fire, white spades hang-

in’ on the telephone wire,

gamblers reevaluate along

the dotted line, you’ll

never recognize yourself

on heartattack and vine.

 

doctor lawyer beggar

man thief, philly joe remark-

able looks on in disbelief,

if you want a taste of mad-

ness, you’ll have to wait in

line, you’ll probably see

someone you know on

heartattack and vine.

           

boney’s high on china

white, shorty found a punk,

don’t you know there ain’t

no devil, there’s just god

when he’s drunk, well this

stuff will probably kill

you, let’s do another line,

what you say you meet me

down on heartattack and

vine.

 

see that little jersey girl

in the see-through top,

with the peddle pushers

sucking on a soda pop, well

i bet she’s still a virgin but

it’s only twenty-five ’til

nine, you can see a million

of ’em on heartattack and

vine.

 

better off in iowa against

your scrambled eggs, than

crawling down cahuenga

on a broken pair of legs,

you’ll find your ignorance

is blissful every goddamn

time, you’re waitin’ for the

rtd on heartattack and vine.