Dirt in the Ground
Tom Waits * Track #2 On Bone Machine
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Dirt in the Ground by Tom Waits
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“Dirt in the Ground” is the second track on Tom Waits’s loose concept album Bone Machine, an exploration of death and the strange events leading up to it called Life.
The song’s message is the old refrain that, no matter how important or inconsequential, good or evil, or happy or unhappy we are in...
Dirt in the Ground Lyrics
What does it matter, a dream of love or a dream of lies?
We're all gonna be 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, yeah
I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah
I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah
I said we're all gonna be just dirt in the ground
The quill from a buzzard, the blood writes the word
I wanna know am I the sky or a bird?
'Cause hell's boiling over and heaven is full
We're chained to the world and we all gotta pull
And we're all gonna be, yeah yeah
I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah
I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah
I said 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
He swung out over the crowd, I heard the hangman said
We're all gonna be, yeah yeah
I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah
I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah
I said we're all gonna be just dirt in the ground
Now Cain slew Abel, killed him with a stone
Sky cracked open and the thunder groaned
Along a river of flesh, can these dry bones live?
Take a king or a beggar and the answer they'll give
Is we're all gonna be, yeah yeah
I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah
I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah
I said we're all gonna be just dirt in the ground
We're all gonna be dirt in the ground
We're all gonna be just dirt in the ground
I said we're all gonna be just dirt in the ground
Well, we're all gonna be just dirt in the ground
Dirt in the Ground Q&A
Who wrote Dirt in the Ground's ?
Dirt in the Ground was written by Kathleen Brennan & Tom Waits.
Who produced Dirt in the Ground's ?
Dirt in the Ground was produced by Tom Waits.
When did Tom Waits release Dirt in the Ground?
Tom Waits released Dirt in the Ground on Tue Sep 08 1992.