Charles Bukowski - Hell Is A Lonely Place lyrics

He was 65, his wife was 66, had
Alzheimer's disease

He had cancer of the mouth
There were operations, radiation
Treatments which decayed the bones in his
Jaw which then had to be
Wired daily he put his wife in
Rubber diapers like a
Baby

Unable to drive in his condition
He had to take a taxi to the medical
Center, Had difficulty speaking
Had to write the directions
Down

On his last visit they informed him
There would be another operation: a bit more
Left cheek and a bit more
Tongue

When he returned he changed his wife's
Diapers put on the tv
Dinners, watched the evening news
Then went to the bedroom, got the
Gun, put it to her temple, fired
She fell to the left, he sat upon the
Couch put the gun into his
Mouth, pulled the trigger

The shots didn't arouse the neighbors

Later the burning tv dinners
Did

Somebody arrived, pushed the door open, saw
It

Soon the police arrived and
Went through their routine, found
Some items:

A closed savings account and
A checkbook with a balance of
$114 suicide, they
Deduced in three weeks
There were two new tenants:
A computer engineer named
Ross and his wife
Anatana who studied
Ballet

They looked like another upwardly mobile
Pair