History Music / BloodMoney

''Blood Money'' is a 2002 album by Music/TomWaits, based on the play ''Theatre/{{Woyzeck}}'' by Georg Büchner. It was released as a companion piece to ''Music/{{Alice|TomWaitsAlbum}}'' (2002) and just like that album it contains music written for a play by Robert Wilson. Waits had worked with Wilson before on ''Music/TheBlackRider'' (1993).

''Blood Money'' is a 2002 album by Music/TomWaits, based on the play ''Theatre/{{Woyzeck}}'' by Georg Büchner. It was released as a companion piece to ''Music/{{Alice}}'' (2002) and just like that album it contains music written for a play by Robert Wilson. Waits had worked with Wilson before on ''Music/TheBlackRider'' (1993).

* GrassIsGreener: "Another One's Vine":

''If is my favorite thing you've worn''\\

''But it just keeps roaring back''

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: See CymbalBangingMonkey.

** "The Part You Throw Away"
--> '' '''H'''oudini '''H'''ands ''
** "Everything Goes To Hell"
--> '' A '''w'''oman '''w'''hen she '''w'''eeps ''
** "Starving In The Belly Of The Whale"
--> '' If you live in hope you're dancing to a '''t'''errible '''t'''une ''
** "Another Man's Vine"
--> ''Around a '''r'''ed '''r'''ose ''
--> ''I see a '''r'''ed '''r'''ose, a '''r'''ed '''r'''ose''
* AllMenArePerverts: "Everything's Goes To Hell"
--> ''A man has only one thing on his mind''
* CircusOfFear:

* CrapsackWorld: "Misery Is The River Of The World"
--> ''All the good in the world you can put inside a thimble''
--> ''And still have room for you and me.''

* CymbalBangingMonkey and EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The organ grinder's mechanical monkey, which sings "Misery is the River of the World" from Blood Money. Facially, it's a character of Tom Waits, and was voiced by a recording of him.

* ForWantOfANail: "Misery Is The River Of The World"
--> ''For want of a bird''
--> ''The sky was lost''
--> ''For want of a nail''
--> ''A shoe was lost''
--> ''For want of a life''
--> ''All life was lost''
--> ''For want of a toy''
--> ''A child was lost''
* GaiasVengeance: "Misery Is The River Of The World"
--> ''You can drive out nature with a pitchfork''
--> ''But it just keeps roaring back''
* GrassIsGreener: "Another One's Vine"
--> ''I see a red rose blooming, on another man's vine''
* GratuitousFrench: "Everything Goes To Hell"
--> ''Laissez-faire mi amour, c'est la vie''
* HaveYouSeenMyGod: "God's Away On Business''
--> ''Who are the ones that we kept in charge?''
--> ''[[AmoralAttorney Killers, thieves, and lawyers!]]''
* HumansAreBastards: "Misery is The River Of The World"
--> ''If there's one thing you can say about mankind''
--> ''There's nothing kind about man''
--> ''All the good in the world you can put inside a thimble''
--> ''And still have room for you and me.''

--> ''If I die before you wake''
--> ''Don't you cry, don't you ache''
--> ''Nothing's ever yours to keep''
--> ''Close your eyes, go to sleep''
* LimitedLyricsSong: "Woe"
--> ''The ribbon round your neck''
--> ''Against your skin that's pale as bone''
--> ''If is my favorite thing you've worn''
--> ''The band is playing our song''
--> ''And we won't go home, 'til morn''
* NowILayMeDownToSleep: "Lullaby"
--> ''If I die before you wake''
--> ''Don't you cry, don't you ache''
--> ''Nothing's ever yours to keep''
--> ''Close your eyes, go to sleep''
* OneWordTitle: "Lullaby", "Woe" and "Calliope".
* ThePowerOfLove: "Coney Island Baby"
--> ''When I'm with her, I'm the richest''
--> ''Man in the town''
* {{Pun}}: "Misery is The River Of The World"
--> ''If there's one thing you can say about mankind''
--> ''There's nothing kind about man''
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: "Everything Goes To Hell"
--> ''There are few things''
--> ''I never could believe...''
--> ''(...) A snake when he is sleeping''
* SchmuckBait: "God's Away On Business"
--> ''There's always free cheddar in a mousetrap''
* ShoutOut:
** "The Part You Throw Away" namedrops Creator/HarryHoudini.
--> ''Houdini hands''
** "God's Away On Business" is used over the end credits of ''Film/EnronTheSmartestGuysInTheRoom''.

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: Amidst the bleakness of the other tracks "All the World is Green" is a gentle love ballad.

* WarIsHell: "A Good Man Is Hard To Find"
--> ''A long dead soldier looks out''
--> ''From the frame''
--> ''No one remembers his war; no one''
--> ''Remembers his name''

'''Blood Money''' is a 2002 album by Music/TomWaits, based on the play ''Theatre/{{Woyzeck}}'' by Georg Büchner. It was released as a companion piece to ''Music/{{Alice}}'' (2002) and just like that album it contains music written for a play by Robert Wilson. Waits had worked with Wilson before on ''Music/TheBlackRider'' (1993).

'''Tracklist'''

!! ''Troping In The Belly Of A Whale''

--> ''And we want go home, 'til morn''