Posted by
Pasadena Phil on Sunday, March 02, 2008 4:00:00 AM
To paraphrase Tom Waits: They sold our principles away for a buck.
"Who are the ones that we kept in charge?
Killers, thieves, and lawyers"
With the mess we're in, there can be only one explanation: God's away on business.
I wasn't going to post anymore but I couldn't resist. This is exactly the way I feel about party politics these days. And I love Tom Waits.
Here are the lyrics for those of you who don't speak the King's back alley drunken English.
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 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
Jain the mob, jain the mob
It's all over, it's all over, it's all over
There's a lick, there's a lick,
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,
On Business. Business.
[Instrumental Break] (go ahead, have a smoke- PPhil)
Goddamn ther'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.
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...
UPDATE
Alright, I get it. Lots of people don't like Tom Waits. Well since we are slumming it, here's something a bit more palatable from another derelict. If she can survive her youth, Amy is going to be one of the great talents of her time.