Well the damn cracked hard just like a bull whip Cause it wasn't takin' no lip from the night before As it shook out the street, the stew bums showed up Just like bounced checks, rubbin' their necks And the sky turned the color of Pepto-Bismol And the parking lots growled And my old sports coat full of promissory notes And a receipt from a late night motel And the hawk had his whole family out There in the wind, and he's got a message For you to beware cause he be kickin' your Ass in, in a cold blooded fashion Dishin' out more than a good man can bear I got shoes untied, shirt tail's out, ain't got a Ghost of a chance with this old romance Just an apartment for rent down the block Ivar Theater with live burlesque And the manager's scowlin', feet on his desk Boom boom against the curtain You're still hurtin' And then push came to shove, shove came to biff Girls like that just lay you out stiff Maybe I'll go to Cleveland or Get me a tattoo or somethin', my brother
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