Come On Up to the House

Well the moon is broken & the sky is cracked
Come on up to the house
The only things that you can see is all that you lack
Come on up to the house
All your cryin' don't do no good
Come on up to the house
Come down off the cross, we can use the wood
You gotta come on up to the house

You gotta come on up to the house (2x)
The world is not my home, I'm just a passin' thru
You got to come on up to the house

There's no light in the tunnel, no irons in the fire
Come on up...
And your singin' lead soprano in a junkman's choir
You gotta come on up..
Does life seem nasty, brutish & short?...
The seas are stormy & you can't find no port...

There's nothin in the world that you can do / You gotta...
And you been whipped by the forces that are inside you / Come...
Well you're high on top of your mountain of woe / You got to...
Well you know you should surrender but you can't let go / You gotta come on up to the house
—lyrics & music by Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan

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