They have names – Patience is on south side of the Library’s steps and Fortitude is on the north side. They always have an enormous wreath around their necks for the holidays. The wreaths used to be real, but the sap was starting to affect the stonework, so now they are artificial...
Waits' signature early career piano-plinking and tall-tale-storytelling weaves through a dream world of hair grease and used car lots, even sneaking in a Little Anthony And The Imperials reference. In the end, our narrator comes clean with ...