God’s Away on Business
Tom Waits * Track #5 On Blood Money
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Album Blood Money
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- #2Everything Goes to Hell
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- #3Coney Island Baby
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- #4All the World is Green
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- #5God’s Away on Business
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- #6Another Man’s Vine
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- #7Knife Chase
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- #8Lullaby
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- #9Starving in the Belly of a Whale
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- #10The Part You Throw Away
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- #11Woe
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- #12Calliope
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- #13A Good Man Is Hard to Find
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God’s Away on Business by Tom Waits
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“God’s Away on Business” is a part of the album “Blood Money.” Throughout this album, much of the rhetoric seems to be critical of the Judeo-Christian ideas of God and morality, instead pointing out the abhorrent behavior of human beings and the suffering we create amongst ourselves. The entirety of...
God’s Away on Business Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
Ship is sinking
The ship is sinking
The ship is sinking
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
It's all over
It's all over
It's all over
[Verse 4]
And 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
On business, business, ha
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 5]
Goddamn there's always such a big temptation
To be good, to be good
There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby
It's a deal, it's a deal
[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
[Verse 6]
I narrow my eyes like a coin slot, baby
Let her ring, let her ring
[Chorus]
God's away, God's away
God's away on business
God's away, God's away
God's away on business, business
God’s Away on Business Q&A
Who wrote God’s Away on Business's ?
God’s Away on Business was written by Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan.
Who produced God’s Away on Business's ?
God’s Away on Business was produced by Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan.
When did Tom Waits release God’s Away on Business?
Tom Waits released God’s Away on Business on Sat May 04 2002.