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Ashes, Grain and Sand Lyrics by Bill Morrissey

You’ll Never Get to Heaven

1996

[Verse 1]
Tonight the streets are filled with drifters
With eyes that fall on you like rain
Looking for someone to tell them what went wrong
When not a soul in this town will explain
[Verse 2]
When I last saw your Sleeping Beauty
She was all decked out and dressed to lose
She could only speak to me of the way we used to be
Yeah, I know her well and she's just slow blues
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
You can take your gamble to the freight yard
You can draw more cards and call my bluff
You can watch the sun go down and take out half this town
But night herе never falls early еnough
[Bridge]
When your Sleeping Beauty calls, you must remember
Her love is tattered but it's true
And all the words you hear are only said to draw you near
And I've heard every word before you
[Muted Trumpet Solo]
[Verse 4]
Feel that wind blow across the prairie
It carries ashes, grain and sand
Those winds blow in from states you've never been
Everything here comes in second hand
[Verse 5]
Where nothing hurts and nothing's promised
And no one stays out of the rain
The drifters pass through here at this time every year
Just like a long drawn-out refrain
[Muted Trumpet Solo]
Credits
Bill Morrissey

Bill Morrissey

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"Ashes, Grain and Sand" appears on "You’ll Never Get to Heaven" in 1996.

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