The Ash And Clay

The swing sets are empty like dirt turned the dark of the night


The center of this town it used to whirl in the glow of twilight


It might look like god s away with all the trouble these days


We ll come home before the girls are grown


We re coming home tonight


What, oh, have we done to run this country into such a sight


Stolen from our brothers like we couldn t find a fair enough fight


You wait on promise you will say


Won t forsake the ash and clay


Let s come home before the girls are grown


Let s come home to fight



I know we want whats best for us-i know it has to come at a price


I also know the trouble that you find when you stop being nice


You look around you one day


What you once knew didn t stay


Let s come home before the girls are grown


Let s come home tonight


Oooh Ooooh Oooooh, Oooooh oooooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooooh


Have you ever asked a man to take your place at the head of the table?


You could shed away your shame if in the end You found you simply weren t able


You might find out you could stay


On the ash and on the clay


Come on home before the girls are grown


Come on home tonight


Oooh Ooooh Oooooh Oooooh oooooh


Come on home before the girls are grown


Come on home to fight