First Kiss-Tom Waits

[00:12.42] She drove a big ol' Lincoln with suicide doors [00:17.76] And a sewing machine in the back [00:21.06] And a light bulb that looked like an alligator egg [00:24.24] Was mounted up front on the hood [00:28.86] And she had an Easter bonnet that had been signed by Tennessee Ernie Ford [00:36.03] And she always had saw dust in her hair [00:40.47] And she cut two holes in the back of her dress [00:43.38] and she had these scapular wings [00:45.84] That were covered with feathers and electrical tape [00:50.94] And when she got good and drunk [00:52.71] She would sing about Elkheart, Indiana [00:55.95] Where the wind is strong and folks mind their own business [01:03.63] And she had at least a hundred old baseballs that she'd taken from kids [01:08.97] And she collected bones of all kinds [01:13.65] And she lived in a trailer under a bridge [01:17.73] And she made her own whiskey and gave cigarettes to kids [01:22.20] And she'd been struck by lightning seven or eight times [01:27.21] And she hated the mention of rain [01:32.64] And she made up her own language [01:35.61] And she wore rubber boots [01:37.89] And she could fix anything with string [01:42.00] And her lips were like cherries [01:44.25] And she was stronger than any man [01:47.70] And she smelled like gasoline and Rootbeer Fizz [01:52.41] And she put mud on a bee sting I got at the creek [01:57.81] And she gave me my very first kiss [02:02.49] And she gave me my very first kiss [02:08.13] Talking 'bout my little Kathleen [02:13.35] She's just a fine young thing [02:14.16] Someday she'll wear my ring [02:19.89] My little Kathleen