Dirt In The Ground Lyrics by Tom Waits

(from the album Bone Machine)

Dirt In The Ground Lyrics

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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Other Lyrics from Bone Machine

1. A Little Rain Lyrics
2. All Stripped Down Lyrics
3. Black Wings Lyrics
4. Earth Died Screaming Lyrics
5. Goin' Out West Lyrics
6. I Don't Wanna Grow Up Lyrics
7. Jesus Gonna Be Here Lyrics
8. Let Me Get Up On It Lyrics
9. Murder In The Red Barn Lyrics
10. Such A Scream Lyrics
11. The Ocean Doesn't Want Me Lyrics
12. Whistle Down The Wind Lyrics
13. Who Are You Lyrics

Other Tom Waits Albums

• One From The Heart (Soundtrack) Lyrics
• Blue Valentine Lyrics
• Closing Time Lyrics
• The Heart Of Saturday Night Lyrics
• Nighthawks At The Diner Lyrics
• Foreign Affairs Lyrics
• Small Change Lyrics
• Heartattack And Vine Lyrics
• Swordfishtrombones Lyrics
• Rain Dogs Lyrics
• Franks Wild Years Lyrics
• Big Time Lyrics
• The Early Years, Vol. 1 Lyrics
• Night On Earth (Soundtrack) Lyrics
• The Black Rider Lyrics
• The Early Years, Vol. 2 Lyrics
• Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years Lyrics
• Mule Variations Lyrics
• Used Songs (1973-1980) Lyrics
• Blood Money Lyrics
• Alice (The Original Demos) Lyrics
• Orphans Lyrics

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