[Intro: Dirty electric guitar riff, slide moan, upright bass thump, heavy brushed drums, 8 bars swampy] [Verse 1 - Male deep gravelly, raspy throat, weary, close mic] I was born with a stone in my hand, And a crow on the wire above. Mama said "boy, you'll be a hard man", But she said it with some kind of love. I walked through the cotton and the wire, With a bible full of missing pages. [Chorus - Dark, organ enters, heavy drums] Ohhh we come from dust, we go to dust, We love, we kill, we die, we rust. The river takes, the river gives, One man dies so another lives. We come from dust... we go to dust. [Verse 2 - Deeper, smokier, upright bass walking] I put my woman in the cold cold ground, In a dress that she never wore. She said "don't wait for me, don't hang around", Then the wind slammed the church house door. I drank the wine, I ate the bread, But it tasted like dirt and time. [Pre-Chorus - Organ swell, sax whisper] And the preacher said "son, it's a cycle, A wheel that don't need no road." [Chorus - Bigger, backing low hum, brushed snare heavy] Ohhh we come from dust, we go to dust, We love, we kill, we die, we rust. The river takes, the river gives, One man dies so another lives. Lord, we come from dust... we go to dust. [Guitar Solo: Dirty slide guitar crying, 16 bars, heavy drums, organ drone] [Verse 3 - Whisper to gravelly growl, spoken blues] I saw a child born at midnight, With my own same tired eyes. He didn't cry, he just looked at me, Like he'd already lived and died. I said "boy, this world will chew you up, And spit you out like a seed." [Bridge - Stripped, upright bass + brushed snare + organ only, spiritual] Time ain't a line, time's a circle, Time's a dog chasin' its own tail. We bury our fathers in the morning, And birth our sons in the jail. Ashes to ashes, blood to wine, Your sin is yours, and mine is mine. But dust... dust forgives everything. [Final Chorus - Epic, heavy, sax solo, full band, death march 76 BPM] We come from DUST, we go to DUST! We love, we kill, we die, we rust! The river takes, the river gives! One man dies so another lives! We come from dust... We go to dust... And we rise again... From dust... [Outro: Riff fades, slide guitar howl, organ hum, upright bass last note, crow sound] Dust to dust. Amen.
