Smoke don't rise
fuel don't burn
sun don't shine no more
Late one night
sorrow comes round
scratching at my door
But I cut my hands
and break my back
dragging this bag
of stones
'Til they bury me down
beneath the ground
with the dust and
rattlin' bones
Left my home and
left my love
caught on a rusty nail
Devil rose up
heavy with gold
my soul's not for sale
Then a holy man
in a house of God
he offered me a
book of prayer
But when I left my home
and left my love
I left my faith back there
Smoke don't rise
fuel don't burn
sun don't shine no more
Late one night
sorrow comes round
scratching at my door
But I cut my hands
and break my back
dragging this bag
of stones
'Til they bury me down
beneath the ground
with the dust and
rattlin' bones
Shut my eyes and
hang my head
darkness makes no sound
Climbing up a bottleneck
hurts on the way
back down
When a sadness falls
on the morning bird
I wonder what the
day will bring
But I shut my eyes
and hang my head
at least that bird
can sing
Smoke don't rise
fuel don't burn
sun don't shine no more
Late one night
sorrow comes round
scratching at my door
But I cut my hands
and break my back
dragging this bag
of stones
'Til they bury me down
beneath the ground
with the dust and
rattlin' bones
'Til they bury me down
beneath the ground
with the dust and
rattlin' bones