The rain wash away the years of erosion But it can't wash away a moment of pain The sun bakes the sand all across the desert But it can't warm the heart of a broken man You pay the piper & a song he'll play But do you know who the piper pays The trumpet sounds a call to war The day is dawning reality is crushed Don't you lose sight of what your fighting for Ashes to ashes & dust to dust Dust to dust The autumn calls the living to die in the winter But it can't call the mark of your soul to due The night steals the day, farewell to the rainbow But it can't take the last breath of life from you You pay the piper & a song he'll play But do you know who the piper pays The trumpet sounds a call to war The day is dawning reality is crushed Don't you lose sight of what your fighting for Ashes to ashes & dust to dust The autumn calls the living to die in the winter But it can't call the mark of your soul to due The night steals the day, farewell to the rainbow But it can not take the last breath of life from you As we comity this body to the earth To become as it once was For from dust we came And to dust we shall return To dust we shall return To dust we shall return To dust we shall return To dust we shall return The autumn calls the living to die in the winter But it can't call the mark of your soul to due The night steals the day, farewell to the rainbow But it can't take the last breath of life from you The trumpet sounds a call to war The day is dawning reality is crushed Don't you lose sight of what your fighting for Ashes to ashes & dust to dust The trumpet sounds a call to war The day is dawning reality is crushed Don't you lose sight of what your fighting for Ashes to ashes & dust to dust Farewell to the rainbow Ashes to ashes, dust to dust