B5
E5
Dad I know
A5
You can't see
F#5
My actions as
B5
A plea for peace
E5
You can't get past
A5
The rocks stained red
F#5
The nail bomb blast
B5
The doctor, dead
E5
Your prairie dream
A5
Your liberal heart
F#5
Your patient mind
B5
Your father's arms
E5
They just won't do
A5
They just can't fit
F#5
It's them , not Marx
D5
You can blame for this
Bb5 A5 D5
Alive in the dirt
E5
Alive in the dirt
F#5 B5
I'm at peace, sainted and waiting
F5
For my perfect pain to speak through me again
Break: B5 , E5 , A5 , F#5 , B5
E5
Dad, I found God
A5
Through Vietnam
F#5
Mai Lai's graves
B5
Agent Orange
E5
See, we live lies
A5
We have to choose
F#5
Our bombs speak loud
B5
So I spoke, too
E5
Then disappeared
A5
Ten miles from home
F#5
Newark slum
B5
Where you won't go
E5
It's here I've found
A5
My higher self
F#5
A life that works
D5
And suits me well
Bb5 A5 D5
I pray for the dirt
E5
I pray for the dirt
F#5 B5 F5
And I ask to suffer in silence
G5 C5
To stay here in hell
Ab5 G5 C5
Awake in the dirt
Ab5 G5 E5
Awake in the dirt
A5 F5
Awake in the dirt now
B5
E5
My stutter lifts
A5
My words come clear
F#5
Your little girl
B5
She's just not here
E5
I am sure
A5
At my death
F#5
The truth will float
B5
On God's sweet breath
E5
Until that time
A5
Don't ask for me
F#5
Behind this veil
D5
Is where I'll be
Bb5 A5 D5
At one with the dirt
E5
At one with the dirt
F#5 B5
I'm at peace, sainted and waiting
F5 B5
For my perfect pain to cover me for good?
Outro: E5 , A5 , F#5 , B5 , E5 , A5 , F#5