God's Away on Business Lyrics

Lyric discussion by bkat004 

Cover art for God's Away on Business lyrics by Tom Waits

Enron.

bkat04 has it...this song was even used, perfectly positioned, as the closing music for the documentary "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room." The ship is sinking! It's all over.

The phrase "God's away on business" refers to businessmen who set aside morality for the sake of making a buck. We're doing business, they say, there are no ethics here. They would sell your heart to make a buck.

They "narrow their eyes to a coin slot," unable to see anything but the profit motive. And if you expect them to pull you out of...