The way she sleeps her mouth's a wide open basin I pulled her woman teeth out She fights me like a woman does Water eyes and gum sucking pouts I use her teeth to guide me More use that some divining rod Her teeth was worn to nubbins In my mouth her teeth gone soft I showed her teeth to the people As I spat them cross the floor where they froze I picked up the crumbling molars That now leave more than me alone
And now we ought to rise up And now we ought to rise up
And with this group of people Each with a molar in hand A new form of divining until we do find the land Her teeth guide us cross the country That's when we see it's all worn out dirt I imbibe myself back in line that's when I realize All our mouths hurt Her teeth should lead us to water 32 mouths gone dry We should return to that wide open basin Before we crumble break and dry
And now we ought to rise up And now we ought to rise up
Ashes to ashes and dust If he won't have us then the other must Ashes to ashes and dust If he won't have us then the other Her teeth have led us back to the basin Her gummy maw heaves a wheeze Her mouth is filled with water we dive in Divining what we need Her teeth drag us down in the water 32 mill stones we drop 64 feet slip on her gum backs And I divine she won't let us rise up
And now we ought to rise up And now we ought to rise up
Me and the people by the water Me and the people passed on by Me and the people by the water Me and the people passed on by Me and the people by the water Me and the people passed on by Me and the people by the water Me and the people we done passed on by