Misery Is the River of the World Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Ex Abrupto 

Cover art for Misery Is the River of the World lyrics by Tom Waits

This makes me think of Charon, in mythology, talking to yet another dead guy about his own view of mankind.

Charon shows up in Wait's Potter's Field, piloting a Ferry across (if i recall rightly) NYC's East River. Whoever's talking, he has intimate knoledge of the workings of God & the devil.