what does it matter a dream of love or a dream of lives we re all gonna be in the same place when we die your spirit don t leave knowing your face or your name the wind through your bones is all that remains and we re all gonna be i said we re all gonna be i said we re all gonna be i said we re all gonna be just dirt in the ground the quill from a buzzard blood writes the word i want to know am i the sky or a bird hell s boiling over and heaven is full we re chained to the world and we all gotta pull and we re all gonna be i said we re all gonna be i said we re all gonna be i said we re all gonna be just dirt in the ground now the killer was smiling with nerves made of stone he climbed the stairs and the gallows groaned and the peoples hearts were pounding they were throbbing they were red as he swung out over the crowd i heard the hangman said we re all gonna be i said we re all gonna be i said we re all gonna be i said we re all gonna be just dirt in the ground now cain slew abel he killed him with a stone the sky cracked open and the thunder groaned along a river of flesh can these dry bones live take a king or a beggar and the answer they ll give is we re all gonna be i said we re all gonna be i said we re all gonna be i said we re all gonna be just dirt in the ground we re all gonna be just dirt in the ground we re all gonna be just dirt in the ground i said we re all gonna be just dirt in the ground we re all gonna be just dirt in the ground