Dirt In The Ground Lyrics by Tom Waits

Dirt In The Ground Lyrics

    (tom waits/k. brennan)

    What does it matter, a dream of love
    Or a dream of lies
    We're all gonna be in the same place
    When we die
    Your spirit don't leave knowing
    Your face or your name
    And the wind through your bones
    Is all that remains
    And we're all gonna be
    We're all gonna be
    Just dirt in the ground

    The quill from a buzzard
    The blood writes the word
    I want to know am i the sky
    Or a bird
    'cause hell is boiling over
    And heaven is full
    We're chained to the world
    And we all gotta pull
    And we're all gonna be
    Just dirt in the ground

    Now the killer was smiling
    With nerves made of stone
    He climbed the stairs
    And the gallows groaned
    And the people's hearts were pounding
    They were throbbing, they were red
    As he swung out ofver the crowd
    I heard the hangman said
    We're all gonna be
    Just dirt in the ground

    Now cain slew abel
    He killed him with a stone
    The sky cracked open
    And the thunder groaned
    Along a river of flesh
    Can these dry bones live?
    Ask a king or a beggar
    And the answer they'll give
    Is we're all gonna be
    Yea yeah
    We're all gonna be just
    Dirt in the ground

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