tom waits'in, swordfishtrombones (1983) ve rain dogs (1985) albümleriyle üçlü oluşturan 87 çıkışlı başyapıtı. 55:34 dakikalık albüm, 17 şarkı içerir:
1. hang on st. christopher
2. straight to the top (rhumba)
3. blow wind blow
4. temptation
5. innocent when you dream (barroom)
6. i'll be gone
7. yesterday is here
8. please wake me up
9. frank's theme
10. more than rain
11. way down in the hole
12. straight to the top (vegas)
13. i'll take new york
14. telephone call from istanbul
15. cold cold ground
16. train song
17. innocent when you dream (78)
frank settled down in the valley,
and he hung his wild years on a
nail that he drove through his
wife's forehead.
he sold used office furniture out
there on san fernando road and
assumed a $30,000 loan at
15 14 % and put a down payment
on a little two bedroom place.
his wife was a spent piece of used jet trash
made good bloody-marys, kept her mouth
shut most of the time, had a little chihuahua
named carlos that had some kind of skin
disease and was totally blind.
they had a thoroughly modern kitchen;
self-cleaning oven (the whole bit)
frank drove a little sedan.
they were so happy.
one night frank was on his way home
from work, stopped at the liquor store,
picked up a couple of mickey's big mouths.
drank 'em in the car on his way to the
shell station; he got a gallon of gas in a can.
drove home, doused everything in
the house, torched it.
parked across the street laughing,
watching it burn, all halloween
orange and chimney red.
frank put on a top forty station,
got on the hollywood freeway
headed north.
