Bang The Drum Slowly

Bang The Drum Slowly - Ladies Of Country

I meant to ask you how to fix that car

I always meant to ask you about the war

And what you saw across the bridge too far

Did it leave a scar

Or how you navigated rings of fire and steel

Up where heaven had no more secrets

To conceal

And still you found the ground beneath your wheels

How did it feel

Bang the drum slowly

Lay the pipes lowly

To dust we returning

From dust we begin

Bang the drum slowly

I speak of things holy

Above and below me

A world without end

I meant to ask you

How in everything seemed lost

Your fate was in a

Game of dust

They tossed

There was still that land that you would never 'cross

At any cost

I meant to ask you

How you lived what you believed

With nothing but your heart

Up your sleeve

And if you ever really were deceived

My the likes of me

Bang the drum slowly

Lay the pipes lowly

To dust be returning

From dust we begin

Bang the drum slowly

I speak of things holy

Above and below me

A world without end

Gone now is the day and gone the sun

There is peace tonight all over arlington

But the song of my life will still be sung

By the light

The new year hum

I meant to ask you

How to plow that field

I meant to bring you water

From the well

And be the one beside you when you fell

Could you tell

Bang the drum slowly

Lay the pipes lowly

To dust be returning

From dust we begin

Bang the drum slowly

I speak of things holy

Above and below me

A world without end