Burma-Shave

歌詞

Licorice tattoo turned a gun metal blue Scrawled across the shoulders of a dying town Took the one eyed Jacks across the railroad tracks And the scar on its belly pulled a stranger passing through Hes a juvenile delinquent, never learned how to behave But the copsd never think to look in Burma-Shave And the road was like a ribbon, and the moon was like a bone He didnt seem to be like any guy shed ever known He kind of looked like Farley Granger, with his hair slicked back She says Im a sucker for a fella in a cowboy hat. How far are you going? Said Depends on what you mean He says Im only stopping here to get some gasoline I guess Im going thataway, just as long as its paved And I guess youd say Im on my way to Burma-Shave And with her knees up on the glove compartment She took out her barrettes, and her hair spilled out like rootbeer And she popped her gum and arched her back Hell, Marysville aint nothing but a wide spot in the road Some nights my heart pounds like thunder Dont know why it dont explode Cause everyone in this stinking towns got one foot in the grave And Id rather take my chances out in Burma-Shave Presleys what I go by, why dont you change the stations Count the grain elevators in the rearview mirror She said, Mister, anywhere you point this thing It got to beat the hell out of the sting Of going to bed with every dream that dies here every mornin And so drill me a hole with a barber pole And Im jumping my parole just like a fugitive tonight Why dont you have another swig, and pass that car if youre so brave I wanna get there fore the sun comes up in Burma-Shave And the spider web crack and the mustang screamed The smoke from the tires and the twisted machine Just a nickels 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 shotgun 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