God's Away On Busines Lyrics by Tom Waits

(from the album Blood Money)

God's Away On Busines Lyrics

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

{Refrain}:
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

{Chorus}:
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

{Refrain}

{Chorus}

~ Instrumental ~

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

{Chorus}

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

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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. Everything Goes to Hell 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

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• 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
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