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God's Away On Business
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Tom Waits
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I'd sell your heart to the junkman baby
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For a buck, for a buck
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If you're looking for someone
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to pull you out of that ditch
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You're out of luck, you're out of luck
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The ship is sinking
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The ship is sinking
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The ship is sinking
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There's leak, there's a leak,
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in the boiler room
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The poor, the lame, the blind
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Who ore the ones that we kept in charge
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Killers, thieves, and lawyers
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God's Away, God's away
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God's away on Business. Business. God's Away,
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God's Away God's Away on Business. Business.
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Digging up the dead with
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a shovel and a pick
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It's a job, it's a job
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Bloody moon rising with
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a plague and a flood
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Join the mob, join the mob
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It's all over. It's all over, It's all over
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There's a leak, there's a leak,
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in the boiler room
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The poor, the lame, the blind
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Who are the ones that we kept in charge?
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Killers, thieves, and lawyers
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God's away. God's away, God's away
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On Business. Business.
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God's away, God's away. God's away
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On Business.
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Instrumental Break
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Goddamn there's always such
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a big temptation
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To be good, To be good
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There's always free cheddar in
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a mousetrap, baby
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It's a deal, it's a deal
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God's away, God's away, God's away
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On Business. Business.
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I narrow my eyes like a coin slot baby,
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Let her ring, let her ring
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God's Away, God's Away
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God's Away on Business.
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Business..........
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