Tom Waits Swordfishtrombone

swordfishtrombone performed by tom waits Well, he came home from the war With a party in his head And modified Brougham DeVille And a pair of legs that opened up like butterfly wings And a mad dog that wouldn t sit still He went and took up with a Salvation Army band girl Who played dirty water on a swordfishtrombone He went to sleep at the bottom of Tenkiller lake And he said gee, but it s great to be home Well, he came home from the war with a party in his head And an idea for a fireworks display And he knew that he d be ready with a stainless steel machete And a half a pint of Ballentine s each day And he holed up in room above a hardware store Cryin nothing there but Hollywood tears He put a spell on some poor little Crutchfield girl And stayed like that for twentyseven years He packed up all his expectations, he lit out for California With a flyswatter banjo on his knee With a lucky tiger in his angel hair a