Carp 18 Lyrics

Unlisted Number
  by Joe Fahey
 
jack is out in the street again
he's losing faith in the life that he chose
but you know he didn't choose it
it just landed right between his eyes
his wife is getting better with that frying pan
gettin' closer to his head every time that she wings it
from the kitchen sink
to the bum in the doorway

still got a bullet lodged in his head
from his days of fighting the germans
wears a worn out leather jacket
from that big sale down at berman's
sez, I think I'll head down to menard's
and finally pick up that treated lumber
or go down to the bar
with an unlisted number

he drives prisoners' wives out to see their men
on visiting days in his chevy caprice
it leaks so much oil
they call it the exxon valdez
his cinderella team's got a wobbly wheel
on its carriage ride to the super bowl
at least,
that's what the announcer says
to fill up dead air time

still got a bullet lodged in his head
from his days of fighting the germans
wears a worn out leather jacket
from that big sale down at berman's
sez, I think I'll head down to menard's
and finally pick up that treated lumber
or go down to the bar
with an unlisted number

Rough Fish Music © BMI 1996

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