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Kentucky Avenue
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Tom Waits
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eddie graces buick got 4 bullet holes in the side
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charlie delisle sittin at the top of an avocado tree
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mrs stormll stab you with a steak knife if you step on her lawn i got a half pack of lucky strikes man come along with me lets fill our pockets with macadamia nuts then go over to bobby goodmansons and jump off the roof hilda plays strip poker and her mamas across the street joey navinski says she put her tongue in his mouth dicky faulkners got a switchblade and some gooseneck risers that eucalyptus is a hunchback theres a wind up from the south let me tie you up with kite string and i'll show you the scabs on my knee watch out for the broken glass, put your shoes and socks on and come along with me lets follow that fire track
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i think your house is burnin down
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the go down to the hobo jungle
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and kill some rattle snakes with a trowel
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we'll break all the windows in the old anderson place
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and steal a bunch of boysenberrys
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and smear em on our face
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i'll get a dollar from my mamas purse
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and buy that skull and crossbones ring
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and you can wear it around your neck
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on an old piece of string
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then we'll spit on ronnie arnold
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and flip him the bird
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and slash the tires on the school bus
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now don't say a word
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i'll take a rusty nail
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and scratch your initials on my arm
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and i'll show you how to sneak up
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on the roof of the drugstore
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take the spokes from your wheelchair
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and a magpies wings
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and tie em to your shoulders and your feet
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i'll steal a hacksaw from my dad
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and cut the braces off your legs
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and we'll bury them tonight in the cornfield
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put a church keey in your pocket
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we'll hop that freight train in the hall
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and we'll slide down the drain all the way
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to new orleans in the fall
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