Gold Tooth

KELLY JOE PHELPS

The air is turning cold outside
It's a rabbi in a brothel for the third time
The gold tooth of a broken man
A white glove in a purse down at the bottom of the sea

The day is turning dark outside
All aspiration face down in the street
A pro' in the alley with a red-moon sky
The last drag of patience on a celibate cigar

The light is getting hot inside
It's a butcher in the slaughterhouse smiling
A mule with a razor and a swagger in his step
Ratboy in the corner taking a leak against the wall

My heart is turning black inside
Stealing from the army shaking bells at the door
A hand in a bucket of creosote
Rusty junkyard nails sticking straight up through the floor

The breath has gone away from this house
It's a dog in the car in the winter
A hotel window in a hurricane
A furnace exploding down in the cellar, by the jars

My dream will come back to this house
It's a kid who refuses to shut up
A sheep dog playing with 84 bones
A fast, red Ferrari in a sixteen-car garage

Let me keep my gold tooth
Let me keep my gold tooth

Trivia about the song Gold Tooth by Kelly Joe Phelps

On which albums was the song “Gold Tooth” released by Kelly Joe Phelps?
Kelly Joe Phelps released the song on the albums “Sky Like a Broken Clock” in 2001 and “Tap the Red Cane Whirlwind” in 2005.
Who composed the song “Gold Tooth” by Kelly Joe Phelps?
The song “Gold Tooth” by Kelly Joe Phelps was composed by KELLY JOE PHELPS.

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