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Songs, Lyrics, and Tablature - Throwing Stones (Grateful Dead)
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Picture a bright, blue ball just spinning, spinning free
Dizzy with eternity
Paint it with a skin of sky, brush in some clouds and sea
Call it home for you and me

A peaceful place, or so it looks from space
Closer look reveals the human race
Full of hope, full of grace is the human face
But afraid we may lay our home to waste

There's a fear we can't forget
Hasn't got a name just yet
Always awake, always around
Singin "ashes, ashes all fall down"
Singin "ashes, ashes all fall down"

Watch as the ball revolves and the nighttime falls
And again the hunt begins, and again the blood wind calls
By and by again, the morning sun will rise
But the darkness never goes from some men's eyes
No!

Strolls the sidewalks and it rolls the streets
Staking turf, dividing up meat
Nightmare spook, piece of heat
And it's you and me
You and me

Click flashblade in ghetto night
Rudies looking for a fight
Rat-cat alley, roll them bones
Need that cash to feed that jones
And the politicians throwing stones
Singin "ashes, ashes all fall down"
Singin "ashes, ashes all fall down"

Commisars and pin-striped bosses own the dice
Anyway they roll, guess who gets to pay the price
Money green, it's the only way
Spend some cash, buy a government today

So the kids the dance and shake their bones
And the politicians throwing stones
Singin "ashes, ashes all fall down"
Singin "ashes, ashes all fall down"

Heartless powers try to tell us what to think
If the spirit's sleeping, then the flesh is ink
History's page will be neatly carved in stone
The future's here, we are it, we are on our own
We are on our own...

If the game is lost, then we're all the same
No one left to place or take the blame
We will leave this place an empty stone
Or that shining ball of blue we can call our own

So the kids the dance and shake their bones
And the politicians throwing stones
Singin "ashes, ashes all fall down"
Singin "ashes, ashes all fall down"

Shipping powders back and forth
Black goes south and white comes north
In a whole world full of petty wars
Yes, and I got mine and you got yours
With the current fashions set the pace
Lose your step, fall out of grace
With the radical, he rants and rage
Singing "someone got to turn the page"
With the rich man in his summer home
Singing "just leave well enough alone"
But his pants are down, his cover's blown

And the politicians throwing stones
So the kids they dance and shake their bones
Cause it's all too clear we're on our own
Singin "ashes, ashes all fall down"
Singin "ashes, ashes all fall down"

Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free