Heartattack and Vine

liar liar with your pants on fire, white spades
hangin'on thetelephone wire, gamblers reevaluate
along the dotted line,you'll never recognize yourself
on heartattack and vine.

doctor lawyer beggar man thief, philly joe
remarkable looks on in disbelief,if you want
a taste of madness, you'll have to wait in line,
you'll probablysee someone you know on
heartattack and vine.

boney's high on china white, shorty found
a punk, don't you know there ain't no devil,
there's just god when he's drunk,
well this stuff will probably kill you,
let's do another line,what you say you meet me
down on heartattack and vine.

see that little jersey girl in the see-through
top, with the peddle pushers sucking on a soda pop,
well i bet she's still a virgin but it's only
twenty-five 'til nine, you can see a million
of 'em on heartattack and vine.

better off in iowa against your scrambled eggs,
than crawling down cahuenga on a broken pair of legs,
you'll find your ignorance is blissful every goddamn
time,your're waitin' forthe rtd on heartattack and vine.

Tom waits