What does Burma Shave mean?

Tom Waits: Burma Shave Meaning

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Burma Shave Lyrics

Licorice tattoo turned a gun metal blue
Scrawled across the shoulders of a dying town
Took the one eyed Jacks across the railroad tracks
And the scar on its belly pulled a stranger passing through
He's a juvenile delinquent, never learned how...

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