[00:03.48]We put up our tent on a dark
[00:06.01]Green knoll, outside of town by
[00:07.94]The train tracks and a seagull dump
[00:12.02]Topping the bill was Horse Face Ethel
[00:15.08]And her Marvelous Pigs in satin
[00:20.19]We pounded our steaks in the ground
[00:22.34]All powder brown
[00:25.09]And the branches spread like scary
[00:27.25]Fingers reaching – we
[00:30.87]Were in a pasture outside Kankakee
[00:35.56]And one-eyed Myra, the queen of
[00:37.94]The galley who trained the
[00:39.43]Ostrich and the camels
[00:42.76]She looked at me squinty with her
[00:44.65]One good eye in a Roy Orbison
[00:47.99]T-shirt as she bottle fed
[00:50.83]An Orangutan named
[00:52.78]Tripod and then there was
[00:55.85]Yodeling Elaine the
[00:58.00]Queen of the air who wore a
[01:01.00]Dollar sign medallion and she
[01:03.73]Had a tiny bubble of spittle
[01:06.30]Around her nostril and a
[01:07.98]Little rusty tear, for she had
[01:10.80]Lassoed and lost another
[01:13.82]Tipsy sailor and over in
[01:17.12]The burnt yellow tent
[01:19.37]By the frozen tractor, the
[01:21.28]Music was like electric sugar
[01:25.32]And Zuzu Bolin played
[01:27.34]"Stavin' Chain"
[01:30.65]And Mighty Tiny on the saw and he
[01:34.03]Threw his head back with a
[01:35.85]Mouth full of gold teeth
[01:37.27]And they played "Lopsided Heart"
[01:39.49]And "Moon Over Dog Street" and
[01:42.60]By the time they played "Moanin' Low"
[01:45.82]I was soakin' wet and wild eyed
[01:50.94]And Doctor Bliss slipped me a
[01:53.03]Preparation and I fell asleep with
[01:56.33]"Livery Stable Blues" in my earAnd me and Molly Hoey drank
[02:26.62]Pruno and Kool-Aid. She had a
[02:32.46]Tattoo gun made out of a
[02:35.03]Cassette motor and a guitar string and
[02:39.51]She soaked a hanky in Three Roses
[02:42.84]And rubbed it on the spot
[02:45.45]And she drew a rickety heart and
[02:47.70]A bent arrow and it hurt like hell
[02:53.37]And Funeral Wells spun
[02:55.88]Poodle Murphy on the target
[02:58.52]As he threw his hardware
[03:01.71]Only once in Sheboygan did he miss
[03:05.79]At a matinee on Diamond Pier and
[03:09.32]She'd never let him forget it
[03:12.81]They were doing two shows and she
[03:15.95]Had a high fever and he took
[03:18.81]Off a piece of her ear and
[03:21.35]Tip Little told her she should
[03:23.71]Leave the bum but
[03:26.62]Poodle said, "He fetched me
[03:28.53]Last time I run and I'd
[03:31.82]Like to hammer this ring into
[03:34.59]A bullet
[03:36.76]And I wish I had some whiskey and a gun
[03:41.21]My dear, I wish I had some
[03:44.51]Whiskey and a gun my dear."