Misery
River
The higher that the monkey can climb The more he shows his
tail Call no man happy 'till 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 You 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
The higher that the monkey can climb The more he shows his
tail Call no man happy 'till he dies There's no milk at the bottom of the
pail
God ... [?] ... The devil knows the bible like the back of
his hand 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 You can drive out nature with a
pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again
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
And 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 Misery's The River Of The
World Everybody Row! Everybody Row! Everybody Row! Everybody Row!
Misery's The River Of The World Misery's The River Of The
World Everybody Row! Everybody Row! Everybody Row! Everybody
Row! Everybody Row!
Misery's The River Of The World Misery's The River Of The
World Misery's The River Of The World Misery's The River Of The
World Everybody Row! Everybody Row! Everybody Row...
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Everything Goes To
Hell
Why be sweet, why be careful, why be kind? A man has only one
thing on his mind Why ask politely, why go lightly, why say please? They
only want to get you on your knees There's a few things that 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 sailor does in town It's
all hanging in the windows by the pound I don't believe you go to heaven when
you're good Everything goes to hell, anyway...
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 tell me what you feel or what you think There's 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...
Everything goes to hell, anyway... Oh, everything goes to
hell, anyway...
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Coney Island Baby
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 a 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
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 a
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 She's my Coney Island Baby She's my Coney Island Girl
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All The World's
Green I fell into the ocean When you became my wife I risked it
all against the sea To have a better life Marie you are 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 But all the world is green
The face forgives the mirror The worm forgives the
plow The question 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 Pretend we can bring back the old days again But 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's
balancing a diamond On a blade of grass The dew will settle on our
grave 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 But all the world is green
He's balancing a diamond On a blade of grass The dew will
settle on our graves And all the world is green
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God's Away On
Business
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 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. 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. Business.
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...
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Another Man's
Vine
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
I see a red rose I smell a red rose A red rose blooming on
another man's vine
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Lullaby
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
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Starving In The Belly Of A
Whale
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
You 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 old world
Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly Starving in
the Belly of a Whale Oh, you're 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
You 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 old world
Starving in the Belly Starving in the Belly Starving in
the Belly of a Whale Oh, we're starving in the Belly Starving in the
Belly Starving in the Belly of a Whale
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 Starving in
the Belly of a Whale You're starving in the Belly Starving in the
Belly Starving in the Belly of a Whale
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The Part You Throw
Away
You dance real slow You wreck it
down Then you walk away you turn around What did that old blonde gal
say? That is the part you throw away
I want that beggar¡¯s 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 feeling as I close the door I have done all of this... many
times before
But 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 our bed And remember to never... mind
instead
But all of your letters burned up in the
fire And time is just memory mixed 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 Cause
that is the part... you throw away Oh that is the part... you throw
away
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Woe
The ribbon round your neck against your skin it'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
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A Good Man Is Hard To
Find
Well, I always play Russian Roulette in my head It's
seventeen black or twenty-nine red How far from the gutter; how far from the
pew I will 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 And my favorite words are: good-bye And my favorite color is... my
favorite color is... my favorite color is red
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