Tom Waits : Blood Money

Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World The higher that the monkey can climb The more he shows his tail Call no man happy 'til he dies There's no milk at the bottom of the pail God builds a church, the Devil builds a chapel Like the thistles that are growing round the trunk of a tree All the good in the world you can put inside a thimble And still have room for you and me If there's one thing you can say about mankind There's nothing kind about man You can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring out again Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World For want of a bird, the sky was lost For want of a nail, a shoe was lost For want of a life, a knife was lost For want of a toy, a child was lost Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World Everybody Row! Everybody Row! Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World Everybody Row! Everybody Row! Everybody Row!

Everything Goes To Hell

Why be sweet, why be careful, why be kind? A man has only one thing on his mind Why ask politely, why go lightly, why say please? They only want to get you on your knees There are a few things I never could believe A woman when she weeps A merchant when he swears A thief who says he'll pay A lawyer when he cares A snake when he is sleeping A drunkard when he prays I don't believe you go to heaven when you're good Everything goes to hell, anyway Laissez-faire mi amour, c'est la vie Shall I return to shore or swim back out to sea? The world don't care what a soldier does in town It's all hanging in the windows by the pound There are few things I never could believe A woman when she weeps A merchant when he swears A thief who says he'll pay A lawyer when he cares A snake when he is sleeping A drunkard when he prays I don't believe you go to heaven when you're good Everything goes to hell, anyway I only want to hear your purr and to hear you moan There is another man who brings the money home I don't want dishes in the sink Please don't tell me what you feel or what you think There are few things I never could believe A woman when she weeps A merchant when he swears A thief who says he'll pay A lawyer when he cares A snake when he is sleeping A drunkard when he prays I don't believe you go to heaven when you're good Everything goes to hell, anyway

Coney Island Baby

Every night she comes To take me out to dreamland When I'm with her I'm the richest man in town She's a rose, she's the pearl She's the spin on my world All the stars make their wishes on her eyes She's my Coney Island Baby She's my Coney Island Girl She's a princess, in a red dress She's the moon in the mist to me She's my Coney Island Baby She's my Coney Island Girl

All The World Is Green

I fell into the ocean

When you became my wife

I risked it all against the sea

To have a better life Marie, you're the wide blue sky And men do foolish things You turn kings into beggars And beggars into kings

Pretend that you owe me nothing

And all the world is green

Let's pretend we can bring back the old days again

And all the world is green The face forgives the mirror The worm forgives the plow The question begs the answer Can you forgive me somehow Maybe when our story's over We'll go where it's always spring The band is playing our song again And all the world is green Pretend that you owe me nothing... When the moon is yellow silver On the things that summer brings It's a love you'd kill for And all the world is green He's balancing a diamond On a blade of grass The dew will settle on our grave When all the world is green Pretend that you owe me nothing... He's balancing a diamond On a blade of grass The dew will settle on our grave When all the world is green Pretend that you owe me nothing...

God's Away On Business

I'd sell your heart to the junkman baby For a buck, for a buck If you're looking for someone to pull you out of that ditch You're out of luck, you're out of luck The ship is sinking, the ship is sinking, the ship is sinking There's leak, there's a leak, in the boiler room The poor, the lame, the blind Who are the ones that we kept in charge Killers, thieves, and lawyers God's away, God's away God's away on business, business God's away, God's away God's away on business, business Digging up the dead with a shovel and a pick It's a job, it's a job Bloody moon rising with a plague and a flood Join the mob, join the mob It's all over, it's all over, it's all over There's leak, there's a leak, in the boiler room The poor, the lame, the blind Who are the ones that we kept in charge? Killers, thieves, and lawyers God's away, God's away God's Away on business, business God's away, God's away God's away on business, business Goddamn there's always such a big temptation To be good. To be Good There's always free cheddar in a mousetrap, baby It's a deal, it's a deal God's away, God's away, God's away On business. Business I narrow my eyes like a coin slot baby Let her ring, let her ring God's away, God's away God's away on business, Business Business

Another Man's Vine

Bougainvillea's bloom and wind Be careful mind the strangle vines The rose is climbing over blind 'Cause the sun is on the other side The bees will find their honey The sweetest every time Around a Red Rose I see a red rose, a red rose Blooming on another man's vine Golden Willie's gone to war He left his young wife on the shore Will she be steadfast everyday? While Golden Willie is far away Along the way her letters end She never reads what Willie sends Now I see a red rose I smell a red rose, a red rose Blooming on another man's vine

Lullaby

Sun is red, moon is cracked Daddy's never coming back Nothing's ever yours to keep Close your eyes, go to sleep If I die before you wake Don't you cry, don't you weep Nothing's ever as it seems Climb the ladder to your dreams If I die before you wake Don't you cry, don't you weep Nothing's ever yours to keep Close your eyes, go to sleep

Starving In The Belly Of A Whale

Life is whittled, life's a riddle Man's a fiddle that life plays on When the day breaks, and the earth quakes Life's a mistake all day long Tell me, who gives a good goddamn You'll never get out alive Don't go dreaming, don't go scheming A man must test his mettle in a crooked ol' world Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly of a whale Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly of a whale Don't take my word, just look skyward They that dance must pay the fiddler Sky is darkening, dogs are barking But the caravan moves on Tell me, who gives a good goddamn You'll never get out alive Don't go dreaming, don't go scheming A man must test his mettle in crooked ol' world Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly of a whale Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly of a whale As the crow flies it's there the truth lies At the bottom of the well E-o-leven goes to heaven Bless the dead here as the rain falls Don't trust a bull's horn A doberman's tooth, a runaway horse or me Don't be greedy, don't be needy If you live in hope you're dancing to a terrible tune Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly of a whale Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly of a whale

The Part You Throw Away

You dance real slow, you wreck it down You walk away, then you turn around What did that old blonde gal say? That is the part you throw away I want that beggar's eyes, a winning horse A tidy Mexican divorce St. Mary's prayers, Houdini's hands And a Barman who always understands Will you lose the flowers, hold on to the vase Will you wipe all those teardrops away from your face? I can't help thinking as I close the door I have done all this many times before? The bone must go, the wish can stay The kiss don't know what the lips will say Forget I've hurt you, put stones in your bed And remember to never mind instead Well all of your letters burned up in the fire Time is just memory mixed in with Desire That's not the road it is only the map, I say Gone just like matches From a closed down cabaret In a Portuguese Saloon A fly is circling around the room You'll soon forget the tune that you play For that is the part you throw away Oh that is the part you throw away

Woe

The ribbon round your neck Against your skin that's pale as bone It is my favorite thing you've wore The band is playing our song And we won't go home, 'til more

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

A good man is hard to find Only strangers sleep in my bed My favorite words are goodbye And my favorite color is red I always play Russian Roulette in my head It's seventeen black and twenty-nine red How far from the gutter, how far from the pew I'll always remember to forget about you A good man is hard to find Only strangers sleep in my bed My favorite words are goodbye And my favorite color is red A long dead soldier looks out from the frame No one remembers his war, no one remembers his name Go out to the meadow, scare off all the crows It does nothing but rain here, and nothing will grow A good man is hard to find Only strangers sleep in my bed My favorite words are goodbye And my favorite color is red