Kevin Devine Awake In The Dirt lyrics

Dad, I know you can't see
My actions as a plea for peace
You can't get past the rocks stained red
The nail bomb blast, the doctor, dead

Your prairie dream, your liberal heart
Your patient mind, your father's arms
They just won't do, they just can't fit
It's them not Marx you can blame for this

Alive in the dirt
Alive in the dirt, I'm at peace
Sainted and waiting for my perfect pain
To speak through me again

Dad, I found God through Vietnam
My Lai's graves, Agent Orange
See, we live lies, we have to choose
Our bombs spoke loud so I spoke, too

Then disappeared 10 miles from home
Newark slum where you won't go
It's here I've found my higher self
A life that works and suits me well


I pray for the dirt
I pray for the dirt
And I ask to suffer in silence
To stay here in hell

Awake in the dirt

My stutter lifts, my words come clear
Your little girl, she's just not here
I am sure at my death
The truth will float on God's sweet breath

Until that time don't ask for me
Behind this veil is where I'll be

At one with the dirt
At one with the dirt, I'm at peace
Sainted and waiting for my perfect pain
To cover me for good