Everything Goes to Hell Lyrics by Tom Waits

(from the album Blood Money)

Everything Goes to Hell Lyrics

Why be sweet, why be careful, why be kind?
Why ask politely, why go lightly, why say please?
A man has only one thing on his mind...
There's a few things that I never could believe:
They only want to get you on your knees!
A woman when she weeps,

A merchant when he swears,
A thief who says he'll pay
A snake when he is sleeping,
A lawyer when he cares,
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, ce la vie.
Shall I return to shore or swim back out to sea?
The world don't care what a sailor does in town,

It's all hanging in the windows by the pound.
Everything goes to hell, anyway!
I don't believe you go to heaven when you're good;

I only want to hear you purr and to hear you moan.
You have another man who brings the money home!
I don't want dishes in the sink,
Don't ask me what I feel or what I think.
There's a few things that I never could believe:
A woman when she weeps,

A thief who says he'll pay
A merchant when he swears,
A lawyer when he cares,
A snake when he is sleeping,
I don't believe you go to heaven when you're good;
A drunkard when he prays.
Everything goes to hell, anyway!

Oh, everything goes to hell, anyway!Everything goes to hell, anyway!

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Other Lyrics from Blood Money

1. A Good Man Is Hard To Find Lyrics
2. All The World Is Green Lyrics
3. Another Man's Vine Lyrics
4. Coney Island Baby Lyrics
5. God's Away On Busines Lyrics
6. Lullaby Lyrics
7. Misery Is The River of the World Lyrics
8. Starving In The Belly Of A Whale Lyrics
9. The Part You Throw Away Lyrics
10. Woe Lyrics

Other Tom Waits Albums

• One From The Heart (Soundtrack) Lyrics
• Blue Valentine Lyrics
• Closing Time Lyrics
• The Heart Of Saturday Night Lyrics
• Nighthawks At The Diner Lyrics
• Foreign Affairs Lyrics
• Small Change Lyrics
• Heartattack And Vine Lyrics
• Swordfishtrombones Lyrics
• Rain Dogs Lyrics
• Franks Wild Years Lyrics
• Big Time Lyrics
• The Early Years, Vol. 1 Lyrics
• Bone Machine Lyrics
• Night On Earth (Soundtrack) Lyrics
• The Black Rider Lyrics
• The Early Years, Vol. 2 Lyrics
• Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years Lyrics
• Mule Variations Lyrics
• Used Songs (1973-1980) Lyrics
• Alice (The Original Demos) Lyrics
• Orphans Lyrics

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