Robyn Hitchcock - The Dust lyrics

Tiny specks of dust are
Falling through the atmosphere
Sunlight passes through them
They don't easily appear
Some fall on the water, some fall on the land
Some of them will fall on you
If you hold out your hand

"Father, oh, and mother
How is there such great alarm?
If you cannot see them, then
How can they do you harm?"
"They can make you suffer
They can make you change
They are over Norway and quite
Soon we'll be in range"

All our teeth are falling out
Like leaves upon the ground
All our hair is falling out
No other can be found


Some are dying slowly, some are dying fast
Some of us hold on to life
As long as we can last poison and invisible
It falls all round the world
Fifteen hundred roentgens for every
Boy and girl
We just read the papers, we just watch TV
Passive as the cattle we await our destiny