Underneath The Ground

That's enough, my man, it's time to clap our hands

Call the papers up tomorrow, say we did the best we can

Cause our doctor's in the hospital, the poet just laid down

There's one good man I know, and he can't talk right now

I'd like to hear what you'd say to me

If I was bulletproof and free again

Or what you'd shout if I was dead in the ground

And buried under another name

Or would you talk about if I loved her now?

Tell my sins to God out loud

Would you cry, cry 'cause I was gone?

Would you spit and hiss and curse my name

And embarrass me to the other graves?

Would you lay right down with me

Underneath the ground?

(I caution you, to watch out for the wolves, for the mad American weather

I feel the breeze, it warms the cheek, there are ghosts in this house

We imagine ourselves incapable of horror, but the heart is like a viper

Poison, and there are hidden regions in your love)

Now who you think I am, worse than all the rest?

That's what I'll be now, just like no one said

Did anybody see that?, there's a crack right down my head

But mama, how they'll cheer for us, while the blood drips down our legs

I'd like to know if you could see through the soul

Like I could see to your soul back then

And reach your hands through all the hurt and defenses

Would you still try if you knew I was gone?

Or would you talk about if I loved her now?

Tell my sins to God out loud

Would you cry, cry 'cause I was gone?

Would you spit and hiss and curse my name

And embarrass me to the other graves?

Would you lay right down with me

Underneath the ground?

Underneath the ground?

(I wanna caution you to watch out for the wolves

And for the mad, mad weather

I wanna caution you to watch out for the wolves

And for someday, when you're older)

Or would you talk about if I loved her now?

Tell my sins to God out loud

Would you cry, cry 'cause I was gone?

Would you spit and hiss and curse my name

And embarrass me to the other graves?

Would you lay right down with me

Underneath the ground?

Underneath the ground?

(I wanna thank you all for your courtesy

I wanna thank you all for watching us bleed

I wanna thank you all for your courtesy

I wanna thank you all for watching us bleed)

Underneath the ground