Tom Waits - Thousand Bing Bangs lyrics

TW: She drove a big ol' Lincoln with suicide doors and a sewing machine In the back KN: Thousand bing bangs near the end. Nothing's ever what it was TW: And a light bulb that looked like an alligator egg was mounted up Front on the hood KN: Had myself a kind of brainstorm. Took a table spoon of buzz TW: And she had a tattoo gun that she'd made herself from a ca**ette Motor and a guitar string KN: X-ray eyes can see right through me. Naked thought, put on your Clothes TW: And she always had leaves in her hair KN: You hear that funny laughing? Just the caw of ancient crows TW: And she cut two holes in the back of her dress, cause she had these Scapular wings KN: Somewhere near the raveled edges, by the pool of Think-a-Bit TW: And they were covered with feathers and electrical tape, and when She got good and drunk she would sing KN: Once again the notion hits me: Half is quite a bit of wit TW: About Elkhart, Indiana, where the wind is tall and folks mind their Own business KN: Power up that upper story. Ten percent is all you use TW: And she had a hundred old baseballs that she'd taken from kids, and She collected bones of all kinds KN: Take a flight of simple fancy. You're the one who has to choose TW: And she lived in a trailer under the bridge, and she made her own Whiskey and gave cigarettes to kids KN: Okay. All right for you. Look into the tiger's eye TW: And she'd been struck by lightning seven or eight times, and she Hated the mention of rain KN: See if you can see the desert. Pour a drink, my throat is dry TW: And she made up her own language and she wore rubber boots. She Could fix anything with string KN: Poetry ain't gonna catch me. Climb up this high plateau TW: And her lips were like cherries, and she was stronger than any man And she smelled like nutmeg and piss KN: Finish up what you were thinking, just a day or so ago TW: And she put mud on a bee sting I got at the crick, and she gave me My very first kiss KN: Illustrate for visionaries: Go buy a doodle pad. Basically