Tombstone vs. Ashes

A boy in church sat, confused

Father, son, holy ghost

Came as a package for the asking

Otherwise, no need to choose

Tombstone versus ashes

I can't decide

Cast my spirit heaven-bound?

Seal my bones up tight?

Tombstone versus ashes

Ain't it all the same?

Cast my spirit heaven-high

Let the ashes drift away

Oh ay, oh I...

Ain't we just like hay?

Cut and dried and baled

Our bodies grown to harvest souls

And used in some new way

Yeah, ain't we just like hay?

We're born to drift away

Til it's lesson time, when we're cut and dried

For the reasons why we're made

Tombstone versus ashes

I can't decide

Cast my spirit heaven-bound?

Seal my bones up tight?

Tombstone versus ashes

Ain't it all the same?

Cast my spirit heaven-high

Let the ashes drift away

Oh ay, oh I...

All this time, like firelight

A glimpse of what's in reach

Flickers out into night

All this time, like firelight

A glimpse of what's in reach

A box of watches and sweet memories

Are all that's left behind

Tombstone versus ashes

I can't decide

Cast my spirit heaven-bound?

Seal my bones up tight?

Tombstone versus ashes

Ain't it all the same?

Cast my spirit heaven-high

Let the ashes drift away

Oh ay, oh I...