intro: | | | | | Well, frank settled down in the Valley, and he hung his wild years on a nail that he drove through his wife's forehead. C9aug He sold used office furniture out F13 Ab13#11 there on San Fernando Road and assumed a $30,000 loan at 15 1/4 % and put a down payment on a little two bedroom place. His wife was a spent piece of used jet trash Made good bloody mary's, kept her mouth shut most of the time, had a little Chihuahua named Carlos that had some kind of skin disease and was totally blind. C9aug They had a thoroughly modern kitchen; F13 Ab13#11 self-cleaning oven (the whole bit) Frank drove a little sedan. They were so happy. One night Frank was on his way home from work, stopped at the liquor store, picked up a couple of Mickey's Big Mouth’s. Drank 'em in the car on his way to the Shell station; he got a gallon of gas in a can. Drove home, doused everything in the house, torched it. C9aug Parked across the street laughing, F13 Ab13#11 watching it burn, all Halloween orange and chimney red. Then frank put on a top forty station, got on the Hollywood freeway headed North. Never could stand that dog. Outro: | | | D7b9 | | C7b9 | | Db7b5 | / | | #9#5 | | ||If you like it, please rate it||

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À propos de la chanson

La chanson évoque l'histoire de Frank, un homme qui a tenté d'établir une vie normale dans la vallée, clignant de l’œil à des années de folie qu'il a accrochées aux murs de son existence. Il se retrouve coincé dans une routine banale, entouré de biens matériels et d'une vie de couple chaotique, tandis que son épouse, désabusée, semble être une ombre de ce qu'elle était. Un soir, après une journée ordinaire, il se laisse emporter par un moment de folie et met le feu à sa maison, choisissant de fuir cette vie qu'il ne supporte plus. Dans ce récit sombre et ironique, il y a un reflet de l’absurdité de la vie moderne et des attentes qui l'accompagnent. Frank incarne cette lutte contre un quotidien écrasant, mais aussi un rejet désespéré de tout ce qui le rattache à cette existence.