Lyrics Barry McGuire

Barry McGuire

Ashes To Ashes

Wild, wild wine

Fine, fine ladies singin' my song

Laughin', livin', lovin', leavin'

Knowin' all along I was wrong

Playin' with the darkness

Caught up by the day

My time has come

And I've got hell to pay

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

Gold in the morning, evening turns to rust

There is a treasure finer than gold

Over and over, the story has been told

I can hear you walkin'

Walkin' around up over my head

Hear you sayin', "he's a good ol' boy

Yeah, too bad now he's dead"

If you can hear my voice

Here's what I say

My time has come

And I've got hell to pay

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

Gold in the morning, evening turns to rust

There is a treasure finer than gold

Over and over, the story has been told

I used to think that I could play

The devil's game and win

An' like a fool, I bet my life away

But when the final trump was played

I held the losing hand

My time has come

And I've got hell to pay

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

Gold in the morning, evening turns to rust

There is a treasure finer than gold

Over and over, the story has been told

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

Gold in the morning, evening turns to rust

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

Gold in the morning, evening turns to rust...