Lyrics
I was workin' in this cabinet shop on Stock Island
Listenin' to the new Aaron Neville tape
It was one of those sticky hot summer days
Suddenly I hear loud, angry voices just outside the window
"Kenny, hold up! Don't do this!"
Kenny sayin', "That motherfucker says I cheated him!"
Kenny and his brother Vince come flyin' through the window
Eyes blazin' out of control
Kenny's runnin' to the rear of the shop with Vince right behind him
Screamin', "Stop, Kenny! Stop!"
Kenny crashes into the office and jumps on Franklin
He's an electrician we share shop space with
And they're all screamin'
Vince physically restrains his brother and they both leave the office
Kenny's beside himself with anger
Vince says, "Next time, I'm gonna let him kick Franklin's ass!"
Kenny is still hot, punches out a couple of cabinets
Vince takes Kenny for a ride in his pickup to cool him off
Half hour later, Franklin's gettin' into his step van
When Kenny walks up and begins to apologize for goin' off earlier
Vince and I are watchin' from about thirty feet away
Out in the hot, tropical sun
Now, I can't hear what Kenny's sayin'
But I can tell by his body language that he's getting upset
Franklin starts sayin', "Fuck you, Kenny, fuck you!"
And then Franklin lets the clutch out a bit and pulls up a few feet
And says, "Fuck you, Kenny, fuck you!"
And I say to Vince, "Why don't he just drive on away?"
Kenny reaches up in Franklin's truck, grabs him by the shirt
And Franklin is still sayin', "Fuck you, Kenny!"
And Kenny pulls Franklin out of his truck
And slams him down in the dirt
And Kenny blasts Franklin three or four very hard hooks to the head
And Franklin's gettin' up, but Kenny throws an uppercut
That has "Hospital" written all over it
Yeah, it had "Hospital" written all over it
Kenny stops and realizes how bad all this is
And says, "Fuck this shit," gets in his truck and leaves
And Franklin, his face is startin' to swell up like an eggplant
And he walks past me and Vince and says, "Thanks a lot, you dickheads"
And I still can't figure out why he didn't just drive on away
So I get some ice for Franklin's face
And he calls the cops and we all have to give statements
And I wasn't proud of any of us