Beneath the Damage and the Dust

(Beneath the damage and the dust)
(Beneath the damage and the dust)
Beneath the damage and the dust
They say, she's never known a single hour of stillness
I got to lift her up
(Beneath the damage and the dust)
Well she's walking downtown on a foggy summer evening

(Beneath the damage and the dust)
I got to pick her up
(Oh yeah, pick it up)
To think that she was once some mother's baby
Well they say that loneliness can drive you crazy
I want to lift her up
I got to pick her up
I want to raise her up from the dust
(Beneath the damage and the dust)
(C'mon here, child)
And bury you beneath the damage and the dust
(Beneath the damage and the dust)
(Damage and the dust)

And they say, she's as dangerous as a child that can inspire lust
I got to pick her up
I want to raise her up from the dust
Left out in the rain like some dream that's gone to rust
I got to pick her up
I want so bad to stop her grieving
I got to pick her up
They never look beneath the damage and the dust
Everybody watches with a blend of wonder and disgust
I got to lift her up
I want to pick her up
I got to pick her up

She has a silver plated soul
And you've got to help me
I want to lift her up
And you know that people's minds are so full of illness

(Beneath the damage and the dust)

I got to raise her up from the dust
To raise her from beneath the damage and the dust
I want to lift her up
I want to raise her up from the dust
(And she got)
(Oh, pick it up)

(Beneath the damage and the dust)
(Damage and the dust)
(Well I)