rattlin' bones

smoke don't rise

fuel don't burn

sun don't shine no more

late one night

sorrow come round

scratching at my door

but i cut my hands

and break my back

draggin' this bag of stones

till they bury me down

beneath the ground

with the dust and rattlin' bones

left my home and left my love

caught on a rusty nail

devil rose up

heavy with gold

my soul's not for sale

then a holy man in a house of god

he offered me a book of prayer

and when i left my home i left my love

i left my faith back there

smoke don't rise

fuel don't burn

sun don't shine no more

late one night

sorrow come round

scratchin' at my door

but i cut my hands

and break my back

draggin' this bag of stones

till they bury me down

beneath the ground

with the dust and rattlin' bones

shuttin' my eyes and hang my head

darkness makes no sound

climb it up

bottom there

earth's on the way back down

when a sadness falls on the morning bird

wonder what the day will bring

but i'm shuttin' my eyes and hang my head

at least that bird can sing

smoke don't rise

fuel don't burn

sun don't shine no more

late one night

sorrow come round

scratchin' at my door

but i cut my hands

and break my back

draggin' this bag of stones

till they bury me down

beneath the ground

with the dust and rattlin' bones

till they bury me down

beneath the ground

with the dust and rattlin' bones