Thursday, February 2, 2023

THURSDAY NIGHT MUSIC: TOM WAITS "GOD'S AWAY ON BUSINESS"

 
MENTAL HEALTH ADVISORY: DO NOT CONSUME ALCOHOL AND WATCH THIS.

From 2002-Waits is pretty bleak and bitter at times about the human condition and this one's quite dark yet accurate. God's been away on business for sometime and your calls, texts and messages go unanswered despite His answering machine holy sycophants that tells us that our calls are very important to Him. No, He hung around until we came up with the concept of Him and then he split leaving us to figure the rest out. I'm afraid we haven't done very well over the years much to the detriment of all.

I'd sell your heart to the junkman Baby, for a buck, for a buckIf you're looking for someone to pull you out of that ditchYou're out of luck, you're out of luck
 
Ship is sinkingThe ship is sinkingThe ship is sinking
 
There's leak, there's a leak, in the boiler roomThe poor, the lame, the blindWho are the ones that we kept in charge?Killers, thieves, and lawyers
 
God's away, God's awayGod's away on businessBusinessGod's away, God's awayGod's away on businessBusiness
 
Digging up the dead with a shovel and a pickIt's a job, it's a jobBloody moon rising with a plague and a floodJoin the mob, join the mob
 
It's all over, it's all over, it's all over
 
And there's a leak, there's a leak, in the boiler roomThe poor, the lame, the blindWho are the ones that we kept in charge?Killers, thieves, and lawyers
 God's away, God's away, God's awayOn Business BusinessGod's away, God's awayOn BusinessBusiness, ha
 
Goddamn there's always such a big temptationTo be good, to be goodThere's always free cheddar in a mousetrap, babyIt's a deal, it's a deal
 God's away, God's away, God's awayOn business Business
God's away, God's away, God's awayOn business Business
 
I narrow my eyes like a coin slot babyLet her ring, let her ring
 
God's away, God's awayGod's away on businessGod's away, God's awayGod's away on business, business

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