Dirt in the Ground - The Builders and the Butchers

Daddy went out to the yard tonight

he was dancing on his very own grave

you gave him the box and the shovel and the cross

and you kept a hammering nails boy

you kept a hammering nails

your house is on fire by your own two hands

and the flames they rose to the sky

and the neighbors all gathered at the edge of the grass

and you stole away in the night boy

you stole away in the night

and the dark old days

are not too far away

and one day soon you’ll be the dirt in the ground

when the sun came up the sun was black

the sun came up and the sun went out

one day soon you’ll be the dirt in the ground

Daddy went out to the yard tonite

to take back everything that he gave

he went for house and the woods all around

so you stole away in the night boy

you stole away in the night

you passing in and under the dim moon light

the ground it breaks when you move

and you breath so quiet as your breaking the path

you got the trembling hands boy

you’ve got the trembling hands

and the dark old days,

you can sing priase

«you can sing praise»

to what the lord made

«to what the lord made»

and you can cry those tears

when he’s taking it all away

daddy went out to the yard tonite but he was too far gone to be saved

by the priest or the book and cloth on the cross

and you kept a hammering nails

oh you kept a hammering nails