misery is the river of the world

• tom waits'in blood money albumunun acilis sarkisi; arada bir yerlerde "insan hakkinda soylenebilecek tek sey insanlikla ilgisinin olmadigidir." der: "if there's one thing you can say about mankind/there's nothing kind about man."
• orjinal sözleri şu şekildedir.
  
  the higher that the monkey can climb
  the more he shows his tail
  call no man happy 'til he dies
  there's no milk at the bottom of the pail
  
  god builds a church
  the devil builds a chapel
  like the thistles that are growing
  'round the trunk of a tree
  all the good in the world
  you can put inside a thimble
  and still have room for you and me
  
  if there's one thing you can say about mankind
  there's nothing kind about man
  you can drive out nature with a pitch fork
  but it always comes roaring back again
  
  misery's the river of the world
  misery's the river of the world
  misery's the river of the world
  
  the higher that the monkey can climb
  the more he shows his tail
  call no man happy till he dies
  there's no milk at the bottom of the pail
  
  god tempers all the winds for the new shorn lambs
  the devil knows the bible like the back of his hand
  all the good in the world
  you can put inside a thimble
  and still have room for you and me
  
  if there's one thing you can say about mankind
  there's nothing kind about man
  you can drive out nature with a pitch fork
  but it always comes roaring back again
  
  for want of a bird
  the sky was lost
  for want of a nail
  a shoe was lost
  for want of a life
  a knife was lost
  for want of a toy
  a child was lost
  
  and misery's the river of the world
  misery's the river of the world
  everybody row, everybody row
  misery's the river of the world
  misery's the river of the world
  misery's the river of the world
  everybody row, everybody row
  everybody row, everybody row
  misery's the river of the world
  misery's the river of the world
  everybody row, everybody row
  everybody row, everybody row
  everybody row
  misery's the river of the world
  misery's the river of the world
  misery's the river of the world
  misery's the river of the world
  everybody row, everybody row
  everybody row
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