Em
If dust could only talk, what would we hear it say?
            Am            Em
Before it's brushed aside Just as it's swept away
Em
It's just the evidence
Em
It's of no consequence
Em
It's only flesh and bone
Em
Why don't you leave it alone?

              G
If dust could only speak
            D
Caught in a falling beam
              Am
If dust could only cry
              Em
If dust could only scream
             G                         D
For it's the single witness that might testify
      Am
Could I spit out the truth?
                                  Em
Or would you rather just swallow a lie?

[Verse 2]
            Em
But dust is always caught beneath a coat of paint
            Am                    Em
Beneath the marble fingernails of kings and saints
Em
And in the theatre curtain where they hang a drape
Em
Or in the ticket pocket where your hands escape
            G
Before they start to wander
        D
Or they start to shrink
             Am                Em
You rub your eye a little and appear to blink
             G
And then she caught you staring
          D
She knows just what you're thinking
Am
What got into you was not a ghost as such
            Em
It was just dust

[Verse 3]
               Em
Here comes the juggernaut Here come The Poisoners
               Am
They choke the life and land
            Em
And rob the joy from us
            Em
Why do they taste of sugar
                 Em
Oh, when they're made of money
               Am
Here comes the lamb of God
         Em
And the butcher's boy, Sonny