Tom Waits — Filipino Box Spring Hog

[Verse 1] Well I hung on to Mary's stump I danced with a soldier's glee With a rum-soaked crook and a big fat laugh I spent my last dollar on thee I saw Bill Bones, I gave him a yell Kehoe spiked the nog With a chainlink fence And a scrap-iron jaw [Chorus] Cookin' up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin' up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin' up a Filipino Box Spring Hog [Verse 2] Spider rolled in from Hollister Burn With a one-eyed stolen Mare Donned himself with chicken fat Sawin' on a jawbone violin there Kathleen was sittin' down In little Red's Recovery Room In her criminal underwear bra I was naked to the waist With my fierce black hound [Chorus] And I'm cookin' up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin' up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin' up a Filipino Box Spring Hog [Verse 3] Dig a big pit in a dirt alley road Fill it with madrone and bay Stinks like hell and the neighbors complain Don't give a hoot what they say Gotta slap that hog, roll him over twice Gotta baste him with a sweeping broom You gotta swat them flies and chain up the dogs [Chorus] Cookin' up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin' up a Filipino Box Spring Hog [Verse 4] Rattlesnake piccata with grapes and figs Old brown Betty with a yellow wig T'ain't the mince meat filagree And it ain't the turkey neck stew And it ain't them bruleed okra seeds Though she made them especially for you Worse won a prize for her bottom black pie The beans got thrown to the dog Jahesus Christ, I can always make room [Chorus] Cookin' up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin' up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin' up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin' up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin' up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin' up a Filipino Box Spring Hog