[ti:Burma-Shave] [ar:Tom Waits] [al:Anthology Of Tom Waits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Burma Shave - Tom Waits (汤姆·威兹) [00:21.76]Licorice tattoo turned a gun metal blue [00:29.92]Scrawled across the shoulders Of a dying town [00:40.14]The one eyed jacks across the railroad tracks [00:47.68]And the scar on it's belly pulled a stranger [00:54.29]Passing through [01:00.65]He was a juvenile delinquent [01:04.16]Never learned how to behave [01:08.24]But the cops would never think to look in [01:12.69]Burma shave [01:24.02]And the road was like a ribbon [01:28.45]And the moon was like a bone [01:33.11]He didn't seem to be like any guy [01:37.72]She'd ever known [01:41.32]He kinda looked like farley granger [01:45.11]With his hair slicked back [01:48.61]She says i'm a sucker for a fella [01:53.12]In a cowboy hat [01:59.94]How far are you going [02:03.11]He said depends on what you mean [02:08.03]He says i'm only stopping here [02:12.14]To get some gasoline [02:17.23]I'm guess I'm going thataway [02:20.90]Just as long as it's paved [02:24.93]I guess you'd say i'm on my way [02:29.30]To Burma shave [02:40.47]And her knees up on the glove compartment [02:45.93]Took out her barrettes [02:49.59]And her hair spilled out like rootbeer [02:53.51]And she popped her gum [02:56.14]And arched her back [02:59.42]Hell marysville ain't nothing [03:03.80]But a wide spot in the road [03:07.98]Some night my heart pounds just like thunder [03:12.12]I don't know why [03:14.58]It don't explode [03:17.28]Cause everyone in this stinking town [03:20.42]Has got one foot in the grave [03:24.82]And i'd rather take my chances out in [03:28.95]Burma shave [03:40.69]Presley's what i go by [03:43.91]Why don't you change the station [03:48.27]Count the grain elevators in the rearview mirror [03:57.40]Mister anywhere you point this thing [04:01.98]Has got to beat the hell out of the sting [04:06.58]Of going to bed with every dream [04:12.14]That dies here every morning [04:16.33]And so drill me a hole with a barber pole [04:24.72]I'm jumping my parole just like a fugitive tonight [04:32.49]Why don't you have another swig [04:36.98]And pass that car if you're so brave [04:41.90]I wanna get there before the sun comes up [04:46.19]In Burma shave [04:57.46]And the spider web crack [04:59.80]And the mustang screamed [05:04.55]Smoke from the tires [05:07.09]And the twisted machine [05:12.94]Just a nickel's worth of dreams [05:16.80]And every wishbone that they saved [05:20.94]Lie swindled from them on the way [05:25.23]To Burma shave [05:36.79]And the sun hit the derrick [05:40.13]And cast a bat wing shadow [05:44.62]Up against the car door on the shot gun side [05:52.02]And when they pulled her from the wreck [05:56.40]You know she [05:58.00]Still had on her shades [06:01.23]They say that dreams are growing wild [06:05.82]Just this side [06:08.18]Of Burma shave