[verse one] somebody scorched all mine that's the world being unkind burnt the field and salted the ground ain't no green for miles around [shout] dirt poor and proud of it! [verse two] earth-shattering news at midnight cracks the sky and shakes the floor what was solid slipped from sight don't know what we're standing for [shout] hit paydirt! [verse three] what on earth were they thinking sold the farm for a handful of dust watched the whole thing slowly sinking dirt don't lie, but people bust [verse four] i moved heaven and earth to find you dug through stone with bleeding hands heaven's quiet, earth is true the ground don't shift, it understands [shout] get your hands dirty! [verse five] salt of the earth, my people plain as dirt and twice as true no high horse, no tall steeple earth is what they carry through [shout] down and dirty! [verse six] unearth the truth, it's buried deep shovel past the pretty lies what you plant is what you keep earth remembers, earth don't hide [shout] dragged through the dirt! [verse seven] they promised me the earth, i listened cost the earth to play their game all i hold's a handful missing dirt and dust, it's all the same [shout] dirt cheap! [chorus] we gotta get down to earth dirt under your feet that's where the ground is that's where the ground is [bridge] the meek shall inherit the earth that's what the good book says not the proud, not the first, not the worst just the ones who know the dirt [shout] eat dirt! [outro] get down to earth dirt under your feet that's where the ground is
