Driving dangerous curves across the dirty sheets

When she’s wound up, and her parents are gone
Man you oughta hear her when the sirens on
Tell me, brave captain, Why are the wicked so strong?
How do the angels get to sleep, when the devil leaves his porch light on?

—-Tom Waits
(I paraphrased brief snippets due to the Bang! being a family publication.
(Extremely uncharacteristic of me, I left out a word and changed the phrasing slightly that could be used to disparage women. i know people who have daughters and it might someday be important that they know I treated almost all the sisterhood with deep respect and a sense of fear and awe.)
In full disclosure, Tom said, “when the bitch is wound up, and her parents are gone, man you oughta hear her when the sirens on!”

Always a struggle when I write, just how descriptive I should be. 😊