Blood Money
Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World The higher that the monkey can climb the more he shows his tail Call no man happy 'til he dies There's no milk at the bottom of the pail God builds a church The devil builds a chapel Like the thistles that are growing 'round the trunk of a tree All the good in the world You can put inside a thimble And still have room for you and me If there's one thing you can say About Mankind There's nothing kind about man Yon can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World For want of a bird The sky was lost For want of a nail A shoe was lost For want of a life A knife was lost For want of a toy A child was lost Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World Everybody Row! Everybody Row! Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World Everybody Row! Everybody Row! Everybody Row!
Why be sweet, why be careful, why be kind? A man has only one thing on bis mind Why ask politely, why go lightly, why say please? They only want to get you on your knees There are a few things I never could believe A woman when she weeps A merchant when he swears A thief who says he'll pay A lawyer when he cares A snake when he is sleeping 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 soldier does in town It's all hanging in the windows by the pound There are few things I never could believe... A woman when she weeps A merchant when he swears A thief who says he'll pay A lawyer when he cares A snake when he is sleeping A drunkard when he prays I don't believe you go to heaven when you're good Everything goes to hell, anyway... I only want to hear your purr and to hear you moan There is another man who brings the money home I don't want dishes in the sink Please don't tell me what you feel or what you think There are few things I never could believe...
Every night she comes To take me out to dreamland When I'm with her, I'm the richest Man in the town She's a rose, she's the pearl She's the spin on my world All the stars make their wishes on her eyes She's my Coney Island Baby She's my Coney Island Girl She's a princess, in a red dress She's the moon in the mist to me She's my Coney Island Baby She's my Coney Island Girl
I fell into the ocean When you became my wife I risked it all against the sea To have a better life Marie you're the wild blue sky And men do foolish things You turn kings into beggars And beggars into kings Pretend that you owe me nothing And all the world is green We can bring back the old days again And all the world is green The face forgives the mirror The worm forgives the plow The questions begs the answer Can you forgive me somehow Maybe when our story's over We'll go where it's always spring The band is playing our song again And all the world is green Pretend that you owe me nothing And all the world is green We can bring back the old days again And all the world is green The moon is yellow silver Oh the things that summer brings It's a love you'd kill for And all the world is green He is balancing a diamond On a blade of grass The dew will settle on our grave When all the world is green
I'd sell your heart to the junkman baby For a buck, for a buck If you're looking tor 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 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. 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. Instrumental Break 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..........
Bougainvillea's bloom and wind Be careful mind the strangle vines The rose is climbing over blind 'Cause the sun is on the other side The bees will find their honey The sweetest every time Around a Red Rose I see a red rose, a red rose Blooming on another man's vine Golden Willie's gone to war He left his young wife on the shore Will she be steadfast everyday? While Golden Willie is far away Along the way her letters end She never reads what Willie sends Now I see a red rose I smell a red rose A red rose Blooming on another man's vine
Sun is red; moon is cracked Daddy's never coming back Nothing's ever yours to keep Close your eyes, go to sleep If I die before you wake Don't you cry don't you weep Nothing's ever as it seems Climb the ladder to your dreams If I die before you wake Don't you cry; don't you weep Nothing's ever yours to keep Close your eyes: go to sleep
Life is whittled Life's a riddle Man's a fiddle that life plays on When the day breaks, and the earth quakes Life's a mistake all day long Tell me, who gives a good goddamn You'll never get out alive Don't go dreaming Don't go scheming A man must test his mettle In a crooked ol' world Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly of a whale Starving in the belly Starving in the belly Starving in the belly of a whale Don't take my word Just look skyward They that dance must pay the fiddler Sky is darkening Dogs are barking But the caravan moves on Tell me who gives a good goddamn You'll never get get out alive Don't go dreaming Don't go scheming A man must test his mettle In crooked ol world Starving in the Belly.........Chorus As the crow flies It's there the truth lies At the bottom of the well E-o-leven goes to heaven Bless the dead here as the rain falls Don't trust a bull's horn A doberman's tooth A runaway horse or me Don't be greedy, don't be needy If you live in hope you're Dancing to a terrible tune Starving in the Belly, Starving in the Belly.........
You dance real slow You wreck it down You walk away, then you turn around What did that old blonde gal say? That is the part... You throw away I want that beggars eyes a winning horse a tidy Mexican divorce St. Mary's prayers Houdini's Hands and a Barman who always understands Will you loose the flowers hold on to the vase Will you wipe all those teardrops away from your face I can't help thinking as I close the door I have done all of this many times before The bone must go The wish can stay The kiss don't know What the lips will say Forget I've hurt you Put stones in your bed and remember to never mind instead Well all of your letters Burned up in the fire Time is justmemory mixed in with Desire That's not the road it is Only the map...I say gone just like matches from a closed down cabaret In a Portuguese Saloon a fly is circling around the room You'll soon forget the tune that you play For that is the part You throw away oh that is the part You throw away
The ribbon round your neck against your skin that's pale as bone It is my favorite thing you've worn The band is playing our song And we won't go home, 'til morn
A good man is hard to find Only strangers sleep in my bed My favorite words are good-bye And my favorite color is red I always play Russian Roulette in my head It's seventeen black and twenty-nine red How far from the gutter; how far from the pew I'll always remember to forget about you A good man is hard to find Only strangers sleep in my bed My favorite words are good-bye And my favorite color is red A long dead soldier looks out from the frame No one remembers his war; no one remembers his name Go out to the meadow: scare off all the crows It does nothing but rain here, and nothing will grow A good man is hard to find Only strangers sleep in my bed My favorite words are good-bye And my favorite color is red