[Verse 1]

My days of wishful thinking

Soldiers of sorrow sinking

Words dance, beginning riddle

And in the end and in the middle

Deep will I

Dig, I

[Chorus 1]

So here's a nickel for your time and a dollar for your dime

Just another night of layin' low

I see the shovel in the hand of a wild-eyed man

With a mission and a goal below

But I don't want to, you don't want to

We don't want to know

And forgotten are the cross and the naked and the lost

And the lover of the tired and cold

[Verse 2]

I've learned of this religion

But I've lost my peaceful vision

Girl ghost is in the stairway

She likes it when I rub my eyes

And deep will I

Dig, I

[Chorus 2]

So give a smile and a cringe to the lunatic fringe

I'm a little tired of sayin' so

See the spin and the twirl of a wide-eyed girl

Still digging for an honest soul

But I don't want to, you don't want to

We don't want to know

And dyin' on the cross for the sick and the lost

Is the lover that I long to know

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

Useless and empty...is it?

World stupid, loveless limits

Immune-deficient fathers

Sick sons and dying daughters

Deep will I

Dig, I

[Chorus 1]

So here's a nickel for your time and a dollar for your dime

Just another night of layin' low

I see the shovel in the hand of a wild-eyed man

With a mission and a goal below

But I don't want to, you don't want to

We don't want to know

And forgotten are the cross and the naked and the lost

And the lover of the tired and cold

[Chorus 2]

So give a smile and a cringe to the lunatic fringe

I'm a little tired of sayin' so

See the spin and the twirl of a wide-eyed girl

Still digging for an honest soul

But I don't want to, you don't want to

We don't want to know

And dyin' on the cross for the sick and the lost

Is the lover that I long to know

[Guitar Solo]