THE ASH WEDNESDAY SPECIAL

you rise in the morning

sink down at night

have no idea

what's wrong or right

and stumble and see

just how far you'll go

from dust you came

and back to dust you'll go


you learn the hard way

bit by bit

that  you browned your masters

and treated loved ones like shit

and all the while

you'll say "I didn't know"

from dust you came

and back to dust you'll go


you embezzle the rich

and feed off the poor

then creep out backward

through the nearest door

you think heaven's above

and hell's down below

from dust you came

and back to dust you'll go


you cling to life

and your panic will abuse it

you don't believe

he who would save his life must lose it

but the last thing you'll learn

is the last thing to lay you low

from dust you came

and back to dust you'll go





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