What's He Building?

What is he building in there?
What the hell is he building in there?
He has subscriptions 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...
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 that 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 building in there?

Now what's that 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 under the sink of course. But there's also enough formaldahyde to choke a horse. What's he building in there. What the Hell is he building in there?
I heard he as an ex-wife in some place called Mayor's Income, Tennesee and he used to have a consulting business in Indonesia. But what is he building in there? What the hell is he building 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?

We have a right to know.

-Tom Waits-