Tom Waits Intro To Putnam County
Well I think it's about time I took you on an improvisational adventure
Into the bowels of the metropolitan region
Looks like a bonafide, high voltage
Decked out in full regalia, Angelino audience
Driving in, in Subarus, Pintos, Malibus, Oldsmobiles
A small suburan community
This is a...kind of about 2.30 in the morning
You've been standing on the corner of Fifth and Vermouth
And you climb into the helm of a 1958 monkey shit brown Buick Super and your on your way home
A luxury automobile, bought it dollar bills, Easy Autos for next to nothing
Cruising along, everythings going fine
Put a little smooth music on the stereo
Light up an Old Gold, save the coupon
Gotta think in terms of that patio furniture, that ? man
Your on the Santa Monica freeway headed in an easterly direction
You just past the La Cienega turn off
And you run into a cold fog bank
