Hands In the Dirt - Sequoyah

I got tired of living with depression

So I went for a little walk

I came upon a woman under the bridge

Making money reading tarot cards

She said, «I can tell when you’re lying

But I know you’ve been telling the truth

I know you ain’t said a prayer in years

Since you were living in your mama’s roost

Well the Devil he works in mysterious ways

And he knows when you’re out of fight

You need to pick your soul up from out of the filth

And make him think that you’re living right»

Oh, you need to walk on back to the country

Honey, put your hands in the dirt

Your daddy always said, «when your dream gets dead

Pick you ass up and go to work»

She said, «I see you quit school after two hard years

Took it easy out on the road

But rolling your dice with them neon lights

Has got you saying, 'heck, now I know'

That you don’t need love or a higher education

To make it big selling tapes

Cause if you pull a big crowd or you settle on down

That’s icing on the weeding cake

Sugar, that’s icing on the wedding cake»

So why don’t you run back to the country

And put your hands in the dirt

Your daddy always said, «when your dream gets dead

Then pick you ass up and go to work»

Oh, you need to run on back to the country

And put your hands in the dirt

Your daddy always said, «when your dream gets dead

Then pick you ass up and go to work»

Oh, you need to run on back to the country

And put your hands in the dirt

Your daddy always said, «when your dream gets dead

Wake your ass up and go to work»

Oh, your daddy always said, «when your dream gets dead

Then wake your ass up and go to work»