Story Behind The Song

I wrote it while I was at my job shining shoes... Hence- thrift store whore, poor on the outside!

Song Description

Ashes and Dust is about being happy against the odds! It's also about learning how to live so we don't all blow up in a cloud of red smoke.

Lyrics

i'm a thrift store whore
poor on the outside
rich where it counts
yes i have a good time
shake me but dont
give me the finger
butter my bread
like a back room singer
ashes to ashes dust to dust
all we need's someone to trust
but to do that
you've gotta be real
enough to admit
that white men steal
places take them you passed the test you dont look like madonna but you know that you're blessed
you dont manipulate the world through the business of chess
you dont feel up the kids who've come to confess
please release me from the shallow end i'm drowning anyway
i understand that i'm just a mortal man but i still wanna change
next level down reach into the tissue
every ligament is tied to a different issue
pull it out slow to the bone where the cancer is
slice through the victim pull out the hypocrit
separate the truth from the bullshit recover the love and light from the pit
in a dead world you wont hear the girls singing songs on the tilt a whirl playing games on the see saw swinging daisy chains in a fantasy kingdom
round and round and round and round we go but one must change when one comes to know
ashes to ashes dust to dust
all we need's someone to trust
ashes to ashes dust to dust
all we need's someone to trust
ashes to ashes dust to dust
all we need's someone to trust
ashes to ashes dust to dust
all we need's someone to trust