Tom Waits - Way Down In The Hole Lyrics






When you walk through the garden
you gotta watch your back
well I beg your pardon
walk the straight and narrow track
if you walk with Jesus
he's gonna save your soul
you gotta keep the devil
way down in the hole
he's got the fire and the fury
at his command
well you don't have to worry
if you hold on to Jesus hand
we'll all be safe from Satan
when the thunder rolls
just gotta help me keep the devil
way down in the hole
All the angels sing about Jesus' mighty sword
and they'll shield you with their wings
and keep you close to the lord
don't pay heed to temptation
for his hands are so cold
you gotta help me keep the devil
way down in the hole





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  1. J.... ....

    For me another Tom Waits track that could easily fit the Peeky Blinders universe

  2. S.... ....

    genius!

  3. A.... R....

    There's only one thing that sucked about The Wire, and that was this not being the theme song for every season

  4. M.... P....

    Tom Waits sounds so black in this song. LoL

  5. K.... M....

    I wish such a singer had apprentices through whom he could pass on his style. The world is thirsty for timeless music like this.

  6. C.... ....

    I’m sorry yall but this song is garbage. I can’t skip the wire intro ever so I’m venting my anger here.

  7. E.... M....

    This is why I’m a Bass head..”Musically “

  8. D.... T....

    HEY PERSON RUNNING THIS CHANNEL!!!! TOM WAITS IS A WHITE MAN NOT THE GUY IN UR THUMBNAIL, TOTAL DISRESPECT WITH UR THUMBNAIL, FIX THAT SHIT AND GIVE A TRUE ARTIST THE RECOGNITION HE DESERVES..... FIX THAT SHIT

  9. K.... B....

    His name is gonna ring out

  10. l.... k....

    Buenísimo

  11. C.... 1....

    La mejor mierda del barrio

  12. C.... X....

    Wtf did i do?

  13. i.... n....

    THE WIRE!!!! ❤❤❤

    i.... n....

    Russian.

    i.... n....

    @Роман Гераскин Brasil 🇧🇷

  14. k.... h....

    Tom Waits got soul comin out his asshole

  15. S.... W....

    Anybody know what movie this video comes from?

  16. w.... k....

    Just say no to drugs. Especially heroine...

  17. C.... G....

    I dont know what it is
    Two dollar
    That demon meister
    Three dollar

  18. M.... G....

    Fuck wire people, this is tom waits man

  19. �.... �....

    Американский депрессняк

  20. B.... C....

    I love this!! Just made a cover of this if your interested.. :https://youtu.be/vJi1hAXmZJU

  21. J.... H....

    This was the perfect choice

  22. S.... T....

    What's Tom waiting for? Deliverance in West Baltimore?

  23. E.... �....

    The Wire...Unforgettable

  24. O.... S....

    The Tefft dog brought me here.

  25. D.... P....

    'Sup, Bubs.

  26. C.... T....

    best ........... nothing more to say chris from sweden

  27. A.... G....

    GOT THAT WMD

  28. A.... L....

    αυτή ήταν σειρά ρεεεεε <3

  29. J.... G....

    never did like that dog

  30. T.... C....

    This is America. You gotta let him play.

  31. D.... ....

    Omar! Omar!

  32. S.... L....

    I like the oooooo's at the end

  33. R.... ....

    Dope is Death and Crack kills

  34. I.... ....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCNLiHmEUxA

    " I swallow a lie when I have to, I've swallowed a few big ones lately, but this debt games deadline... It's what is ruining this department. Shining up shit and calling it gold so majors become coronels and mayors become governors, pretending doing police's work while one generation fucking trains the next one not to do the job and the.... "

  35. M.... B....

    May 2019😁

  36. Q.... R....

    You know you've watched The Wire way too many times when you expect to hear a siren at 1:20.

    Q.... R....

    Quick Rundown 😂😂😂😂😂

    Q.... R....

    so true man, you deserve a shot of jameson

    Q.... R....

    For real man hahaha

  37. R.... H....

    Fire and fury
    Does Over Rule Over the equation

  38. P.... E....

    Tom Waits is so bad ass musically and has a twisted sense of humor so cool. Love his music , have most of it. So freaking cool.

  39. A.... S....

    Great video, but the Death Dealer's make the money, the hook gets the death.

  40. c.... b....

    The Blind Boys Of Alabama version was the best.........season 1 theme....and the last episode of season 5,,,,,,,,,,case close

  41. B.... B....

    Way Down In A Hole

  42. F.... A....

    Way down in a hole

  43. J.... ....

    fuckin wired everyday Bros... ; )

  44. 4.... ....

    is this tha original music video for tha song if they even had music videos at that time... but here is a fun fact for all u wire lovers. in baltimore when i was growing up the hole is what nowaday rappers call tha "trap house" muh fuccas used to be like "shorty down hittin in tha hole" good ol pigtown days before gentrification. also this goes to show u how far tha wire took it to use wordplay to connect with tha city. all tha way to a subtle connection to tha damn theme song

  45. D.... B....

    Mothafucka!

  46. K.... L....

    I am here because Martyn Joseph covered this last night at his gig!

  47. s.... ....

    I found in Asura The City of Madness 2016 :+)

  48. J.... 5....

    ...watch your back... ... ...

  49. T.... ....

    What happens here at the end? They use some dope on their skin? Never heard nor seen before.

  50. Y.... B....

    I wish The WIre would've had a djent cover of this song played by Meshuggah. Now that would have been a hell of an intro, no pun intended.

  51. S.... I....

    Season 2 of The Wire. Best season of that series.

  52. 5.... M....

    Bring The Wire Back

  53. J.... M....

    how my hair look Mike good girl,🔫

  54. S.... ....

    They used to build steel there, no?

  55. P.... I....

    RE-ELECT FRANK SOBOTKA

  56. q.... s....

    Yo Omar!!! Kennard's coming!!!😈😈😧 PANDEMIC! PANDEMIC!

  57. f.... _....

    Yellow tops yellow tops got it right here
    Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

    f.... _....

    sohail abbasi PANDEMIC! PANDEMIC! 😆

  58. w.... ....

    Fuck the wire and fuck omar.

  59. W.... H....

    Can you please don't put spoilers in the comments!

  60. R.... C....

    This is not a Tom waits original, it’s an old negro spiritual, however this is the best version I’ve ever heard.

    R.... C....

    Chris Farnsley source ?
    I say it's a Waits original.

  61. G.... D....

    came here because of Homicide: Life on the Street.
    no i didnt but it's a better show so watch it Wire fans.

  62. r.... ....

    R.I.P. Ziggy Sobatka's duck.

  63. C.... S....

    Shhiiiiiiid 😂😂😂😂

  64. G.... ....

    Tom knew about the whole until the whole wasn't in his best interest anymore.

  65. i.... ....

    Christ Zig, the fuck you do now?

  66. S.... M....

    YEAH TOM IS RIGHT ...

  67. m.... a....

    I got an idea: Let's take a fine Tom Waits song, and then submit a thousand goddamn comments about 'the Wire'! Everybody now!

  68. M.... T....

    Style points for not dropping the cig when he fell out.

  69. V.... ....

    🎶BUT MAH BALLS ITCH!!🎶 😂😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣

  70. F.... M....

    me fuckin too

  71. B.... C....

    Original version is the best version of this one by far.

  72. �.... �....

    very good, but, in my opinion John Campbell make this song perfect

  73. J.... F....

    I kept expecting the siren at that pause

  74. M.... P....

    So this is the original version of "Way Down in the Hole", predating 15 years before "The Wire" existed.

  75. A.... S....

    Marc "FuckingFreakOutsider" Ribot !!!!

  76. J.... S....

    Who else thought this was a really old black guy? And goddamn, this documentary is some serious shit, heroin has always been ruining people's lives.

    J.... S....

    my younger brother ha d a "Big H" career he comitted suicide in 2004 jumpin under a train.sad story man..

  77. d.... ....

    "DOPE IS DEATH 450 DEAD BETWEEN AGES 15 AND 35 FROM JAN 1st TO JUNE 30 1968" Well, you got it all here

  78. s.... m....

    this kind of life sucks im lucky to be alive but lost all my friends

  79. M.... 1....

    Ha if I ever get coked up I'll play this song first

  80. d.... ....

    One thing I couldn't get over with The Blind Boys of Alabama cover is that they sang 'IF you walk through the garden'....nah, fuck that shit. It ain't IF it's WHEN like in the original. Cause you're gonna walk through the garden and you fucking better watch your back cause you will be walking through the garden and you best not slip. I've been there more than I'm happy to admit.

    d.... ....

    dssd16:
    Who cares what they said in it? Their version of the song was badass, and really the best one of the remakes for the Wire theme songs (besides the Neville Brothers' version, of course.) Saw them perform live in downtown Detroit back in 2005---they were kicking ass for some old dudes, I'll tell you that! And still sounding pretty damn good for as long as they're been around!

  81. J.... B....

    Fire and fury!

  82. R.... F....

    Jiimmmmmmmy!

  83. d.... ....

    Олдскулл как он есть

  84. B.... S....

    The perfect song to have played at a funural

  85. X.... ....

    прослушка. the wire

  86. B.... ....

    The fifth season should have had this song

  87. S.... ....

    whats "the wire"?

    S.... ....

    SoftwarePole HBO series about the streets of Baltimore. 2 drug kings, a crackhead ,a gay robbing the street dealers and stash houses etc. ..

  88. W.... M....

    He is just straight up bawling at one point. Damn.

  89. R.... P....

    As a fan of both Tom Waits and The Wire, this version is the best.
    I was a Waits fan before being a Wire fan.

    Although, Bone Machine and Rain Dogs are both better albums.

  90. s.... s....

    ciciiciciicicic

  91. S.... O....

    one of my favorite theme song from the wire.

  92. s.... ....

    I've never seen "The Wire," nor have I seen "Asura: City of Madness" -- yet I know I've heard this track in some movie or teevee show.
    Anyone have any idea where I might have tripped over it?
    tia to anyone who knows and takes pity on my ignorance

    s.... ....

    This is the intro song of The Wire wich is a tv show from HBO

    s.... ....

    +Fernando Camacho Read the first 5 words of his comment again.

    s.... ....

    It's not popular saying that you haven't seen The Wire. Makes you look kinda uninformed.

    s.... ....

    Hence the last two words of my comment.I revel in my ignorance...Heck, I'm practically a Republican.

  93. R.... ....

    ALELUIA

  94. D.... D....

    I didnt know this was tom wait when i heard it on the wire, weird!

  95. c.... ....

    I can't stop thinking about this. It may be the best vocal I have heard. I love it.

  96. P.... ....

    all in the game yo

  97. G.... D....

    Remember people We Gotta Keep The Devil WAAAAYYYY Down In The Hole.God Bless.

  98. a.... m....

    Asura: The City of Madness brought me here.

  99. l.... e....

    fuck fuck fuck fuuuk fuck fuck meeei