作词 : Waits
  i spent all my money in a mexican whorehouse, across the street from a
 catholic church, and then i wiped off my revolver, and i buttoned up my
 burgundy shirt,
 
 i shot the morning in the back, with my red wings on, i told
 the sun he'd better go back down, and if i can find a book of matches, i'm
 goin' to burn this hotel down.
 
 you got to tell me brave captain, why are the wicked so strong, how do the
 angels get to sleep, when the devil leaves the porchlight on.
 
 well i dropped thirty grand on the nugget slots, i had to sell my ass on
 fremont street, and the drummer said there's sanctuary, over at the bagdad
 room,
 
 and now it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready,
 and go man go, i said tell me mr. siegel, how do i get out of here.
 
 well willard's knocked out on a bottle of heat, drivin' dangerous curves
 across the dirty sheets, he said man you ought to see her, when her parents
 are gone, man you ought to hear her when the siren's on.
 
 you got to tell me brave captain, why are the wicked so strong, how do the
 angels get to sleep, when the devil leaves the porchlight on.
 
 don't you know that ain't no broken bottle, that i picked up in my
 headlights, on the other side of the nevada line, where they live hard die
 young, and have a good lookin' corpse every time,
 
 well you know the pit-boss said i
 should keep movin', this is where you go when you die, and so i shot a black
 beauty, and i kissed her right between the eyes.
 
 well willard's knocked out on a bottle of heat, drivin' dangerous curves
 across the dirty sheets, he said when the bitch is wound up, and her parents
 are gone, man you ought to hear her with the siren on.
 
 you got to tell me brave captain, why are the wicked so strong, how do the
 angels get to sleep, when the devil leaves the porchlight on.