Down In The Dirt - The Revivalists

Playing in the dirt We find the seeds of doubt Don't water them with your tears Don't think about all the years You'd rather be without Eden lets me in I find the seeds of love And climb upon the highwire I kiss and tell all my fears Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer Sometimes it wouldn't hurt Playing in the dirt We find the seeds of fun And we scream like alleycats Tearing down what we attack To prove that we are one Cutting through the night We find the seeds of lust And lose our minds on one intent These passions never seem to end Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer Sometimes it wouldn't hurt You know it wouldn't hurt Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer Sometimes it wouldn't hurt Get up, get up, get up, get up to the top, yeah I'm falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt, yeah I'm falling, falling Cutting through the night We find the seeds of lust And lose our minds on one intent These passions never seem to end Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer Sometimes it wouldn't hurt

I saw a newspaper picture from the political campaign A woman was kissing a child, who was obviously in pain She spills with compassion, as that young child's face in her hands she grips Can you imagine all that greed and avarice coming down on that child's lips Well I hope I don't die too soon I pray the Lord my soul to save Oh I'll be a good boy, I'm trying so hard to behave Because there's one thing I know, I'd like to live long enough to savour That's when they finally put you in the ground I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down When England was the whore of the world, Margaret was her madam And the future looked as bright and as clear as the black tar macadam Well I hope that she sleeps well at night, isn't haunted by every tiny detail 'Cos when she held that lovely face in her hands all she thought of was betrayal And now the cynical ones say that it all ends the same in the long run Try telling that to the desperate father who just squeezed the life from his only son And how it's only voices in your head and dreams you never dreamt Try telling him the subtle difference between justice and contempt Try telling me she isn't angry with this pitiful discontent When they flaunt it in your face as you line up for punishment And then expect you to say "Thank you" straighten up, look proud and pleased Because you've only got the symptoms, you haven't got the whole disease Just like a schoolboy, whose head's like a tin-can Filled up with dreams then poured down the drain Try telling that to the boys on both sides, being blown to bits or beaten and maimed Who takes all the glory and none of the shame Well I hope you live long now, I pray the Lord your soul to keep I think I'll be going before we fold our arms and start to weep I never thought for a moment that human life could be so cheap 'Cos when they finally put you in the ground They'll stand there laughing and tramp the dirt down

Something in me, dark and sticky All the time it's getting strong No way of dealing with this feeling I can't go on like this too long This time you've gone too far This time you've gone too far I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you Don't talk back, just drive the car Shut your mouth, I know what you are Don't say nothing, keep your hands on the wheel Don't turn around 'cause this is for real Digging in the dirt Stay with me, I need support I'm digging in the dirt To find the places I got hurt Open up the places I got hurt The more I look, the more I find As I close on in, I get so blind I feel it in my head, I feel it in my toes I feel it in my sex, that's the place it goes This time you've gone too far This time you've gone too far I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you Don't talk back, just drive the car Shut your mouth, I know what you are Don't say nothing, keep your hands on the wheel Don't turn around 'cause this is for real I'm digging in the dirt Stay with me I need support I'm digging in the dirt To find the places I got hurt To open up the places I got hurt Digging in the dirt To find the places we got hurt

Midnight Friday night you'd text me "Dad's asleep, baby, come get me" A right, a left and I was at your house One dirt road down Second we pulled out that driveway Never rolled one mile on a highway Never had to talk ya in to a dust cloud You were dirt road down (Oo-oo) we were kicked back slow lane dreamin' (Oo-oo) swear I can still hear you singin' Lot about livin' and a little 'bout love Smokin' King Woods in a high school truck Console kiss on a two beer buzz Lightin' that summer on up I fell for a girl who loved the world More than she loved this town Now it's all of these used to be memories, keepin' me dirt road down Suitcase packed up in a hard top Said goodbye to me and this map dot Girl, I thought I could turn you around 'Fore you'd turn a dirt road down (Oo-oo) when a flames on fire burnin' (Oo-oo) it never gets easy learnin' Lot about livin' and a little 'bout love Smokin' Kenwoods in a high school truck Console kiss on a two beer buzz Lightin' that summer on up I fell for a girl who loved the world More than she loved this town I was all of these used to be memories, keepin' me dirt road down If you're out there but 'round here is better than what you have There's a dirt road down here that can take us right on back (I swear I can still hear you singin') Lot about livin' and a little 'bout love Smokin' Kenwoods in a high school truck Console kiss on a two beer buzz Lightin' that summer on up I fell for a girl who loved the world More than she loved this town I was all of these used to be memories, keepin' me dirt road down

Oh, they got married in a hurricane One vow to the other, now she's changing names Two bottles of wine bought from St. James Yeah, I know that girl With the wandering eyes, she don't feel the same All those pretty girls Around the world are sayin' I know the score That's just not the game I'm playin' Say all those pretty girls Around the world can see The tides are turnin' And it's not just make-believe Do it now (Now) Ooh baby (Ooh baby) Come on and celebrate Let's go and celebrate Now (Now) Ooh baby (Ooh baby) Come on and celebrate Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Everybody's talking Just talkin' talkin' talkin' shit Shoulda listened to your mother Gotta take care of your business Should've seen the signs, you know Coldcocked on the dance floor Now your only visit's conjugal But out here on the West Coast All those pretty girls Who fall in love are sayin' I know the score That's just not the game I'm playin' Say all those pretty girls Around the world can see The tides are turnin' And it's not just you and me Do it now (Now) Ooh baby (Ooh baby) Come on and celebrate Let's go and celebrate Now (Now) Ooh baby (Ooh baby) Come on and celebrate Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na So do it now (Now) Ooh baby (Ooh baby) Come on and celebrate Let's go and celebrate Now (Now) Ooh baby (Ooh baby) Come on and celebrate Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na

You think you're pretty bright 'cause mama called you son that don't mean nothing You got your bloody knuckles from breaking bricks with all your muscle it don't mean nothing Wasting so much energy Searching for an enemy To ease the doubt and keep your hand Ou can't knock it down like a strawman Change my gear shift into drive Stay awake while I'm alive With good humor and a shoddy plan I can set afire to my strawman Hey you know things could always be easier Hey but though we all complain Even so watch out for meteors, meat-eaters, and other forms of wild game Sold a millions diamonds but never gave up one that don't mean nothing You got your bloody nose from breaking bricks with all the girls it don't mean nothing Hey little Scotty why you on the loose you got your head and your shoulders and a good excuse Excuse the dues freezing your plan you can knock it down like a strawman Hey you know things could always be easier Hey but though we all complain Even so watch out for meteors, meat-eaters, and other forms of wild game If only this if only that Change the one thing holding me back And I can make it like it's not I'll be so free sitting on top The world it flies it does not wait For you to accept your own fate Come to in all your foolish pride Hear in lies truth you may despise The skies don't care much who you are They'll strike you down with a meteor Wasting so much energy Searching for an enemy To ease the doubt and keep my hand I can't knock it down like a strawman

You broke my heart to save a one true chance To grow old year by year, Ever we're dancing The way the summer's like without al lthe rain Can rely on me honey. I'll always remain Your confident you know your my best friend Your The thoughts on my mind I can't comprehend. Like you don't even need to live so departed Forever you're the only one that in my heart (Ch) Lay on the ceiling stare up of at the floor Fall upstairs to answer quiet knocks on my back door There's water in the streets and roots on the sky Wind blows my way you know I'm up all night The earth is spinning less than by your side One day together babe we gone flip the world upright, Gonna flip the world upright (V2) Your speedin from me baby don't you drive slow I'll be here waitin in the place that you know Just hangin windows and no one knows my name And now that your gone I'm the only one to blame From heart to heart I wish your shortening breath These understood tears that them blue eyes wept Seeping through the cracks and caught in the ground And slowly but surely tip the world upside down. Don't deny it in your diary, I saw you wrote that you still loved me The ending of the words have all been erased, fifth line, third base. You wanna see me as I do you, I wish you felt the way you used to. And I can tell you its coming soon, it's coming soon.