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Intro
Verse 1
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
Dizzy with eternity
Paint it with a skin of sky, brush in some clouds and sea
Call it home to you and me
A peaceful place or so it looks from space
A closer look reveals the human race
Full of hope, full of grace is the human face
But afraid we may lay our home to waste
Chorus
There's a fear down here we can't forget
Hasn't got a name just yet
Always awake, always around
Singing ashes ashes all fall down
E N.C.
Ashes ashes all fall down
Verse 2
Now watch as the ball revolves and the nighttime falls
And again the hunt begins, again the blood wind calls
By and by again, the morning sun will rise
But the darkness never goes from some men's eyes (well then, no)
It strolls the sidewalks and it rolls the streets
Staking turf, dividing up meat
Nightmare spook, peace of heat
You and me, you and me
Chorus
Flash switch blade in the ghetto night
Rudie's looking for a fight
Ratcat alley, roll them bones
Need that cash to feed that jones
And the politicians throwing stones
Singing ashes ashes all fall down
E N.C.
Ashes ashes all fall down
Bridge A1
Commissars and pinstripe bosses roll the dice
Any way they fall, guess who gets to pay the price?
Money green or proletarian grey, selling guns instead of food today
Chorus
So the kids they dance and shake their bones
And the politicians throwing stones
Singing ashes ashes all fall down
E N.C.
Ashes ashes all fall down
Verse 3
(first half instrumental)
Heartless powers try to tell us what to think
If the spirit's sleeping then the flesh is ink
History's page will be neatly carved in stone
The future's here, we are it, we are on our own
On our own, on our own, on our own
[Jam] - like Samson & Delilah
Jam Outro Tag
Bridge A2
If the game is lost, then we're all the same
No one left to place or take the blame
We will leave this place an empty stone
Or a shining ball of blue we can call our home
Chorus
So the kids they dance and shake their bones
And the politicians throwing stones
Singing ashes ashes all fall down
E N.C.
Ashes ashes all fall down
Bridge B
Shipping powders back and forth
Singing black goes south and white comes north
And the whole world full of petty wars
Singing I got mine and you got yours
While the latest fashions set the pace
Lose your step, fall out of grace
The radical he rant and rage
Singing someone got to turn the page
And the rich man in his summer home
Singing just leave well enough alone
But his pants are down, his cover's blown
Chorus
And the politicians throwing stones
So the kids they dance and shake their bones
'Cause it's all too clear we're on our own
Singing ashes ashes all fall down
E N.C.
Ashes ashes all fall down
Outro
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
It's dizzying, the possibilities
N.C.
Ashes ashes all fall down (Ashes ashes all fall down)
N.C.
Ashes ashes all fall down (Ashes ashes all fall down)
N.C.
Ashes ashes all fall down (Ashes ashes all fall down)
N.C.
Ashes ashes all fall down (Ashes ashes all fall down)
N.C.
All fall down (Ashes ashes all fall down)
N.C.
All fall down (Ashes ashes all fall down)
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