Heavy Smoke from the Home on Granville Road

He will shatter the bottle to lighten the load
And go talk to the engine in binary code
Held his breath closed his eyes 'til the glass overflowed
Take the stairs to the roof when the bathtub explodes

It's midnight in Milwaukee and the rodeo clowns
Just ran right out the door with a full case of Crown
There's a stain on the wall and an officer down
And the river is racing to get out of town

Crooked teeth make her smile unforgettable still
Crooked men won the game up on capitol hill
Crooked birds fly in circles, they all know the drill
Crooked women don't float, but a wood casket will

If the ones who destroy just as often create
Is she kidding herself when she locks up the gate
To the big concrete house that belongs to the state
Where he'll fall or he'll fly but he'll learn how to hate

It's tomorrow in Thailand but yesterday here
Inappropriate maybe but he asked the cashier
If she knows how to make all his thoughts disappear
And then hang out to dry from her dad's chandelier

Half the whores in Las Vegas are under arrest
And the rest are fish-tailing under duress
The police and the sailors like to bet with the best
But the wrong side of Reno is the heart of the west