In The Neighborhood

Tom Waits

Well the eggs chase the bacon 
round the fryin' pan 
and the whinin' dog pidgeons 
by the steeple bell rope 
and the dogs tipped the garbage pails 
over last night 
and there's always construction work 
bothering you 
In the neighborhood 
In the neighborhood 
In the neighborhood 

Friday's a funeral 
and Saturday's a bride 
Sey's got a pistol on the register side 
and the goddamn delivery trucks 
they make too much noise 
and we don't get our butter 
delivered no more 
In the neighborhood 
In the neighborhood 
In the neighborhood 

Well Big Mambo's kicking 
his old grey hound 
and the kids can't get ice cream 
'cause the market burned down 
and the newspaper sleeping bags 
blow down the lane 
and that goddamn flatbed's 
got me pinned in again 
In the neighborhood 
In the neighborhood 
In the neighborhood 

There's a couple Filipino girls 
gigglin' by the church 
and the windoe is busted 
and the landlord ain't home 
and Butch joined the army 
yea that's where he's been 
and the jackhammer's diggin' 
up the sidewalks again 
In the neighborhood 
In the neighborhood 
In the neighborhood 


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