Misery Is The River Of The World Lyrics - Blood Money - Tom Waits

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 

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! Everybody Row! 

Everybody Row! 

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