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Intro
Verse 1
I walked through the cemetery twice today .
Got the feeling that the dead had something to
say .
“The earth makes roommates
Out of carbon based primates”
The grave was trying to communicate .
Chorus
Shake the dust, shake the dust
When the world you used to trust
Is in pieces all around you
It's not what you thought it was
Shake the dust, shake the dust
When your empire starts to rust
Only love outlasts the living
Til the dust makes you one of us.
Instrumental
Verse 2
Germany shot my grandpa down .
But he survived to love that same German town.
The former soldiers that he met
With his American accent.
He only talked to me about the common ground, he said
Chorus
Shake the dust, shake the dust
When the world you used to trust
Is in pieces all around you
It's not what you thought it was
Shake the dust, shake the dust
When your empire starts to rust
Only love outlasts the living
‘Til the dust makes you one of us .
Instrumental
Bridge
Someday when I'm on my own deathbed
I'll speak the words my own grandfather said
Chorus
Shake the dust, shake the dust
When the world you used to trust
Is in pieces all around you
It's not what you thought it was
Shake the dust, shake the dust
When your empire starts to rust
Only love outlasts the living
‘Til the dust and rust will claim the rest of us
Outro
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