well the dawn 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

in law's there

skid mark tattoo on the asphalt blue

was that a Malibu

Liz Taylor and Montgomery Clift

cumming on to the broads with the

same ol' riff. Hey baby come up to

my place, we'll listen to some

smooth music on the stereo, no thank you

got any Stan Getz records

no I got Smothers Brothers

so I combed back my Detroit

jack up my pegs, wiped my Stacy Adams

jacknifed my legs, yea I got designs

on a moving violation

hey baby, you put me on hold and I'm

out in the wind and it's getting

mighty cold...

colder than a gut shot bitch wolf dog

with 9 sucking pups pullin' a 4 trap

up a hill in the dead of win