I'd sell your heart to the junkman baby(1)
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 a leak, there's a leak in the boiler room
The poor, the lame, the blind(2)
Who are the ones that we kept in charge?
Killers, thieves, and lawyers!(3)

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 a 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...

(Blood Money, 1999)

(1)I'd sell your heart to the junkman baby: Might refer to the song "I Sold My Heart to The Junkman" (by Leon Rene and Otis Rene Jr.). Made famous by Patti Labelle & The Bluebelles (actually sung by the Starlets) in 1962 :"I gave my heart to you, the one that I trusted. You brought it back to me all broken and busted so I sold my heart to the junkman and I'll never fall in love again." Also covered by Bette Midler and Bruce Springsteen.

(2) The poor, the lame, the blind: Biblical reference: (Luke 4:16-21 & Luke 14:12-14 and 21): "Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus' feet, and He healed them. So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.", "Then He also said to him who invited Him, "When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. "But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. "And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just." (Quoted from The New King James Bible, © 1984 Thomas Nelson Company)

(3) Killers, thieves, and lawyers!: Note Waits has changed "Killers, thieves and whores" (as he sung at an early theatre version) into "Killers, thieves and lawyers" :-)



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