美國靈歌中的一顆寶石-你當回家(湯姆維茨）

歌曲以天崩開頭：當月碎天崩時，你當回家。

為什麽會天崩？

因為你的眼裏全是你的缺乏，你哭也沒用

在水深火熱中，看不見希望，在一個混賬的草台班子裏擔任主唱

人生肮髒，野蠻，短暫，波濤洶湧，找不到港灣

你束手無策，被心魔抽打，災難連連，你知道應當臣服交托，卻無法超脫，無法放下。

如何解決這些問題？

直接的答案如歌中所唱：世界不是我的家，我隻是過客。當回真正的家。

另有兩個隱含的解法藏在謎題中，就是開篇提到的‘你的眼裏全是你的缺乏’，和將近結束時提到的‘你知道你當臣服交托卻仍不放手’，答案是應當數算已有的恩典，常存感恩之心，應當承認人的渺小，臣服於宇宙自然的奇妙精深，應當交托放下。

你當回家，因為家裏有’當讚美進入的門，當稱謝的進入的院‘，因為那裏有可以交托萬事的家主，有一同成長的兄弟姐妹，是無解的人生中的港灣，是治愈心靈的地方。

這首歌的動人之處還在它的樂曲。它的節奏簡潔規整，強勁有力，配上低沉的帶著土地氣息的男低音，有如勞動號子，又如行軍號令。然而它又是緩慢的，從容的，所以它是溫和的，體恤的，不催促的，沉浸的。

此歌可以說是靈歌中的一顆珍寶。

Come up to the house - Tom Waits

Well, the moon is broken and 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 crying 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

Come on up to the house
Come on up to the house
The world is not my home
I'm just a-passing through
You got to come on up to the house

There's no light in the tunnel, lord，irons in the fire
Come on up to the house
And you're singing lead soprano in a junkman's choir
You got to come on up to the house

Does life seem nasty, brutish and short
Come on up to the house
The seas are stormy and you can't find no port
Got to come on up to the house, yeah

You gotta come on up to the house
Come on up to the house
The world is not my home I'm just a-passing through
You got to come on up to the house, yeah

You gotta come on up to the house
Come on up to the house
The world is not my home
I'm just a-passing through
You got to come on up to the house

There's nothing in the world that you can do
You gotta come on up to the house
And you been whipped by the forces that are inside you
Gotta come on up to the house

Well, you're high on top of your mountain of woe
Gotta come on up to the house
Well, you know you should surrender, but you can't let it go
You gotta come on up to the house, yeah

Gotta come on up to the house
Gotta come on up to the house
The world is not my home I'm just a-passing through
You gotta come on up to the house

Gotta come on up to the house
You gotta come on up to the house
Yeah yeah yeah