
Date of issue: 31.12.1984
Record label: The Island Def Jam
Song language: English
9th & Hennepin |
Well it’s 9th and Hennepin |
And all the donuts have |
Names that sound like prostitutes |
And the moon’s teeth marks are |
On the sky like a tarp thrown over all this |
And the broken umbrellas like |
Dead birds and the steam |
Comes out of the grill like |
The whole goddamned town is ready to blow |
And the bricks are all scarred with jailhouse tattoos |
And everyone is behaving like dogs |
And the horses are coming down Violin Road |
And Dutch is dead on his feet |
And the rooms all smell like diesel |
And you take on the |
Dreams of the ones who have slept here |
And I’m lost in the window |
I hide on the stairway |
I hang in the curtain |
I sleep in your hat |
And no one brings anything |
Small into a bar around here |
They all started out with bad directions |
And the girl behind the counter has a tattooed tear |
One for every year he’s away she said |
Such a crumbling beauty, but there’s |
Well, nothing wrong with her that |
$ 100 won’t fix |
She has that razor sadness |
That only gets worse |
With the clang and the thunder |
Of the Southern Pacific going by |
As the clock ticks out like a dripping faucet |
Till you’re full of rag water and bitters and blue ruin |
And you spill out |
Over the side to anyone who’ll listen |
And I’ve seen it |
All through the yellow windows |
Of the evening train |
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