Lyrics The Newest Soil - Steve Slagg

I spread my father's ashes in the winter
With my brothers and my sister
We went to where the cattle used to pasture
My mom followed after
My family huddled in a little half moon
Singing a little praise tune
Somehow it was me holding the sack
So I stepped out from the pack
I was unsure what I was walking toward
He didn't scatter, he poured
Emptied in a straight line on the ground
I went 10 paces, turned around
Walked back to my family like a gymnast
Perfectly balanced
My shoes were slick with frost and the thick gray dust of
The newest soil of our home
The newest soil of our home

My daddy had a body but he freed it
He knew he wouldn't need it
At least for the next couple thousand years
This side of the veil of tears
Content he was investing in sequoias
Letting creation enjoy us
If he could let the medicine dissolve him
It might as well involve him
So he rendered unto science what was owed them
He knew science couldn't hold him
While they cut him into pieces, each
Used for healing, used to teach
And I cut him up into pieces, each
Used for singing, used to preach
While they cut him into pieces, each
Used for healing, used to teach
And I cut him up into pieces, each
Used for singing, used to preach
After a couple years they finally burned him
And then they returned him
The package like to broke my mama's counter
She called within the hour
"Kids, hop the next bus here, get your feet set down in
The newest soil of our home"
The newest soil of our home
The newest soil of our home
The newest soil of our home
The newest soil of our home
The newest soil of our home
The newest soil of our home
The newest soil of our home