Top of the Hill Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ShakeyFan2 

Cover art for Top of the Hill lyrics by Tom Waits

i think this song is about the end of the world.

need your differential plenty of oil/you load the wagon til' the end of the world.

top of the hill is a metaphor for some sort-of ironic devilish joke we don't get. it's not him dying. it's all of us. and given the political tone of the rest of the album. it's more likely he's speaking in a sociopolitical way, rather then in a more personal sense.

just my opinion.