God's Away On Business

I just got around to watching the documentary "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room". If you haven't yet managed, I recommend it. I must now find some time to research what's come of the employees' lawsuit to recover lost fortunes. And I offer the closing credits song by Tom Waits - a fitting, if creepy, choice. And very catchy.

God's Away On Business (Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan 2000) I'd sell your heart to the junkman baby For a buck, for a buck If you're looking for someone to pull you out of that ditch You're out of luck, you're out of luck Ship is sinking The ship is sinking The ship is sinking There's a leak, there's a leak in the boiler room The poor, the lame, the blind Who are the ones that we kept in charge? Killers, thieves and lawyers God's away, God's away God's away on business, business God's away, God's away God's away on business, business Digging up the dead with a shovel and a pick It's a job, it's a job Bloody moon rising with a plague and a flood Join the mob, join the mob It's all over, it's all over It's all over There's a leak, there's a leak in the boiler room The poor, the lame, the blind Who are the ones that we kept in charge? Killers, thieves and lawyers God's away, God's away God's away on business, business God's away, God's away on business, business Godddamn there's always such a big temptation To be good, to be good There's always free cheddar in a mousetrap, baby It's a deal, it's a deal God's away, God's away God's away on business, business God's away, God's away God's away on business, business I narrow my eyes like a coin slot baby Let her ring, let her ring God's away, God's away God's away on business, business God's away, God's away God's away on business, business

Recent Enron fallout: Three British bankers pled guilty of collusion and will be doing time. And Jeff Skilling is apparently trying to get out of at least some of his 24 year sentence.