What’s he building in there?
What the hell is he building in there?
He has suscriptions to those magazines …
He never waves when he goes by …
He’s hiding something from the rest of us …
He’s all to himself …
I think I know why …
(What’s He Building? zitiert von Hanno Millesi)
He took down the tire swing from the peppertree
He has no children of his own you see …
He has no dog and he has no friends and his lawn is dying …
And what about all those packages he sends.
What’s he building in there?
With a hook light on the stairs.
What’s he building in there …
I’ll tell you one thing
He’s not building a playhouse for the children
What’s he buidling in there?
Now what’s the sound from under the door?
He’s pounding nails into a hardwood floor …
And I swear to god I heard someone moaning low …
And I keep seeing the blue light of a T.V. show …
He has a router and a table saw …
And you won’t believe what Mr. Sticha saw
There’s poison underneath the sink of course …
But there’s also enough formaldehyde to choke a horse …
What’s he building in there: What the hell is he bulding in there?
I heard he has an ex-wife in some place called Mayor’s Income, Tennessee
And he used to have a consulting business in Indonesia
But what is he building in there?
What the hell is he bulding in there?
He has no friends but he gets a lot of mail
I’ll bet he spent a little time in jail …
I heard he was up on the roof last night signaling with a flashlight
And what’s that tune he’s always whistling …
What’s he building in there?
What’s he building in there?
(Tom Waits: What’s He Building? Mule Variations, Epitaph, 1999)
