The longer we live

The more dust we gather

There's dust

Settling on the mantelpiece

One year, two years

Three years, four

You had a great time

Do you want some more?

There's picture frames

On the mantelpiece

One frame, two frames

Three frames, four

So many great times

You want to have some more!

Yeah

There's dust

That settles each day that goes by

So that's one day less

Until you reach the sky

That dust sits a little

Thicker year after year

Until the day arrives for you

To check out of here

Ashes to ashes

Like steel and rust

When it's all said and done

We all return to dust

The time passes faster

As the years they roll on

Part Two

The people in the pictures

On your mantelpiece

One friend, two friends

Three friends, four

You once had a great time

But they ain't here no more

Dig

Your life

Hangs over the mantelpiece

Yeah!

Fifty years, sixty years

Eighty or more

You're all out of time

Now you want some more!

Yeah

There's dust

That settles each day that goes by

So that's one day less

Until you reach the sky

That dust sits a little thicker

Year after year

Until the time arrives for you

To check out of here

Ashes to ashes, like steel and rust

When it's all said and done

We all return to dust

The time passes faster

As the years they roll on

Part Three

Dust! Dust!

There's dust

That settles each day that goes by

So that's one day less

Until you reach the sky

That dust sits a little thicker

Year after year

Until the day arrives for you

To check out of here

One job, two jobs, three jobs four

All your work here is done

But do you want some more?

You check out one place

Two places, three places four

Did you see the world?

Or do you, still want more?

Ashes to ashes, like steel and rust

When it's all said and done

We all return to dust!

Dust! I am

Dust! You are

Dust! We are

Dust!