Lyrics:

(Steve Earle) chorus Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Ashes to ashes, dust to dust A long time ago before the ice and the snow There were giants that walked this land And with each step they took, the mighty mountains shook And the trees took a knee and the seas rolled in Then one day they say the sky gave way And death rained down, it made a terrible sound There was fire everywhere and nothin' was spared That walked on the land or flew through the air And when it all was over The slate wiped clean with a touch There God stood and he saw it was good And He said