Dirt In The Ground Lyrics - Bone Machine - Tom Waits

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 over the crowd 

i heard the hangman said 

we're all gonna be... 

just dirt in the ground 

Now cain slew abel 

he killed him wiht a stone 

they 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 yea 

we're all gonna be just 

dirt in the ground 

Tom waits: piano, vocal 

larry taylor: upright bass 

ralph carney: alto & tenor sax, bass clarinet 

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