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
Tom Waits – Misery is the River of the World
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