Tom Waits - 9th Hennepin Lyrics
Well its ninth and hennepinAll the doughnuts have names that sound like prostitutesAnd the moons teeth marks are on the skyLike a tarp thrown all over thisAnd the broken umbrellas like dead birdsAnd the steam comes out of the grillLike the whole goddamn towns ready to blow...And the bricks are all scarred with jailhouse tattoosAnd everyone is behaving like dogsAnd the horses are coming down violin roadAnd dutch is dead on his feetAnd all the rooms they smell like dieselAnd you take on the dreams of the ones who have slept hereAnd Im lost in the window, and I hide in the stairwayAnd I hang in the curtain, and I sleep in your hat...And no one brings anything small into a bar around hereThey all started out with bad directionsAnd the girl behind the counter has a tattooed tearOne for every year hes away, she saidSuch a crumbling beauty, ahTheres nothing wrong with her that a hundred dollars wont fixShe has that razor sadness that only gets worseWith the clang and the thunder of the southern pacific going byAnd the clock ticks out like a dripping faucettil youre full of rag water and bitters and blue ruinAnd you spill out over the side to anyone who will listen...And Ive seen it all, Ive seen it allThrough the yellow windows of the evening train...
