Ashes to Ashes - Anna Bergendahl

They're tearing down the street where I grew up Like pouring brandy in a Dixie cup They're paving concrete on a part of me No trial for killing off a memory Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Can you find the Milky Way? Long Tall Sally and Tin Pan Alley Have seen their dying day Ashes to ashes, dust to dust It'll never be the same But we're all forgiven We're only living to leave the way we came Uuh-uuh, uuh-uuh No sidewalk playground now to meet my friends They put a roadblock at the rainbow's end We're driving faster now than Orville flew We leave our mark on every single thing we do Ashes to ashes, dust to dust It's the way the West was won Amos and Andy and Nickel Candy Have fallen to the gun Ashes to ashes, dust to dust It'll never be the same But we're all forgiven We're only living to leave the way we came Uuh, uuh-uuh, uuh-uuh Uuh, uuh-uuh, uuh-uuh Uuh, uuh-uuh, uuh-uuh Uuh, uuh-uuh, uuh-uuh Ooh, ashes to ashes, dust to dust Can you find the Milky Way? Long Tall Sally and Tin Pan Alley Have seen their dying day Ashes to ashes, dust to dust It'll never be the same But we're all forgiven We're only living to leave the way we came Ashes to ashes, dust to dust It's the way the West was won Amos and Andy and Nickel Candy Have fallen to the gun Ashes to ashes, dust to dust It'll never be the same But we're all forgiven We're only living to leave the way we came

Do you remember a guy that's been In such an early song? I've heard a rumour from Ground Control Oh no, don't say it's true They got a message from the Action Man "I'm happy, hope you're happy too I've loved all I've needed, love Sordid details following" The shrieking of nothing is killing Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis And I ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair But I'm hoping to kick but the planet is glowing Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low Time and again I tell myself I'll stay clean tonight But the little green wheels are following me Oh no, not again I'm stuck with a valuable friend "I'm happy, hope you're happy too" One flash of light but no smoking pistol I never done good things I never done bad things I never did anything out of the blue, woh-oh-oh Want an axe to break the ice Wanna come down right now Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low My mother said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom My mother said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom My mother said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom My mother said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom

Nightmare Now your nightmare comes to life Dragged you down below (down to the devil's show) To be his guest forever (peace of mind is less than never) I hate to twist your mind (but God ain't on your side) An old acquaintance severed (burn the world your last endeavor) Flesh is burning, you can smell it in the air 'Cause men like you have such an easy soul to steal So stand in line while they ink numbers in your head You're now a slave until the end of time here (Nothing stops the madness turning, haunting, yearning, pull the trigger) You should've known the price of evil And it hurts to know that you belong here, yeah Oh, it's your fucking nightmare While your nightmare comes to life Can't wake up in sweat 'cause it ain't over yet Still dancing with your demons (victim of your own creation) Beyond the will to fight where all that's wrong is right Where hate don't need a reason (loathing self assassination) You've been lied to just to rape you of your sight And now they have the nerve to tell you how to feel So sedated as they medicate your brain And while you slowly go insane they tell you "Given with the best intentions, help you with your complications" You should've known the price of evil And it hurts to know that you belong here, yeah No one to call, everybody to fear Your tragic fate is looking so clear, yeah Oh, it's your fucking nightmare Fight, not to fail, not to fall Or you'll end up like the others Die, die again, drenched in sin With no respect for another Down, feel the fire, feel the hate Your pain is what we desire Lost, hit the wall, watch you crawl Such a replaceable liar And I know you hear their voices (calling from above) And I know they may seem real (these signals of love) But our life's made up of choices (some without appeal) They took for granted your soul, and it's ours now to steal As your nightmare comes to life You should've known the price of evil And it hurts to know that you belong here, yeah No one to call, everybody to fear Your tragic fate is looking so clear, yeah Oh, it's your fucking nightmare