Kentucky Avenue

Eddie Grace's Buick got four bullet holes in the side
And Charlie DeLisle is sitting at the top of an avocado 
tree
Mrs. Storm will stab you with a steak knife, if you step on
 her lawn
I got a half a pack of Lucky Strikes, man, so come along 
with me
Let's fill our pockets with macadamia nuts
And go over to Bobby Goodmanson's and jump off the roof

Well Hilda plays strip poker with the Mummers 'cross the 
street
Joey Navinski says she put her tongue in his mouth
And Dicky Faulkner's got a switchblade and some goose-neck 
risers
That eucalyptus is a hunchback, there's a wind down from 
the south
So let me tie you up with kite string, I'll show you the 
scabs on my knee
Watch out for the broken glass, put your shoes and socks on
And come along with me

Let's follow that fire truck, I think your house is burning
 down
And go down to the hobo jungle and kill some rattlesnakes 
with a trowel
And we'll break all the windows in the old Anderson place
We'll steal a bunch of boysenberries and I'll smear 'em on 
your face
I'll get a dollar from my mama's purse and buy that skull 
and crossbones ring
And you can wear it 'round your neck on an old piece of 
string

Then we'll spit on Ronnie Arnold and flip him the bird
And slash the tires on the school bus, now don't say a word

I'll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials in my arm
And I'll show you how to sneak up on the roof of the 
drugstore
I'll take the spokes from your wheelchair and a magpie's 
wings
And I'll tie 'em to your shoulders and your feet
I'll steal a hacksaw from my dad and cut the braces off 
your legs
And we'll bury them tonight out in the cornfield
Just put a church key in your pocket, we'll hop that 
freight train in the hall
We'll slide all the way down the drain to New Orleans in 
the fall