| Tom Waits – God's Away on Business Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I mostly agree with this interpretation. A few adjustments on how i see it: "Digging up the dead with a shovel and a pick It's a job, it's a job" I related this back to being heartless; the people who bury the dead see them as "bodies" not "humans" ... and its just another way to get the bills paid. "There's a leak, there's a leak in the boiler room The poor, the lame, the blind" The boiler room is what makes the ship GO... "the poor, the lame, the blind" are the common people who get taxed and pretty much keep the economy rolling. Its a direct connection to "killer, thieves and lawyers," who are at the controls at the front of the ship. *note: He put lawyers in with the killers and thieves because it is their job to defend them IF they are representing that person. Defending the guilty is just as bad as doing the deed. "I narrow my eyes like a coin slot baby Let her ring, let her ring" Wasting money on the lotto... i see it as literal. Instead of working to earn money, people are wasting it to get richer the easier way. |
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