"Hang Down Your Head" is a song by Tom Waits appearing on his 1985 album Rain Dogs and released as a single that year by Island Records.

Allmusic critic Stewart Mason called the song "among the most direct and effective things Waits has ever written.

"[2] Lucinda Williams recorded a version of the song for the soundtrack of the crime/drama series Crossing Jordan, released in 2003.

[3] It was later appended as a bonus track on the vinyl release of her 2003 album World Without Tears.

Gothic rock ensemble Human Drama recorded the song for their covers' album Pinups, which was intended as a tribute to the various artists that had influenced them.