What Keeps Mankind Alive? Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mr093242 

Cover art for What Keeps Mankind Alive? lyrics by Tom Waits

small thing, isn't it "And for once you must try not to shrink the facts"

amazing song, waits' depiction of it is fantastic

@mr093242 Yeah I saw that mistake too. I've found that other lyrics sites identify it as "shirk the facts", though I agree it sounds/looks like "shrink".