They say she's never known
a single hour of stillness
And they say she's as dangerous
as a child that can inspire lust
And you know that people's minds
are so full of illness
They never look
beneath the damage and the dust

I want to lift her up (beneath the damage and the dust)
I got to pick her up
I want to raise her up from the dust
I got to lift her up (beneath the damage and the dust)
[C'mon here child]

Well she's walking downtown
on a foggy summer evening
Everybody watches with a blend
of wonder and disgust
[Well I] I want so bad to stop her grieving
To raise her from
beneath the damage and the dust

I want to lift her up (beneath the damage and the dust)
I got to pick her up
I want to raise her up from the dust
I got to pick her up (beneath the damage and the dust)
[Oh yeah, pick it up]

To think that she was once
some mother's baby
[and she got] left out in the rain like some dream
that's gone to rust
Well they say that loneliness
can drive you crazy
and bury you
beneath the damage and the dust

I got to pick her up (beneath the damage and the dust)
I want to lift her up
I got to raise her up from the dust
I got to pick her up (beneath the damage and the dust)
[O pick it up]

I got to lift her up (beneath the damage and the dust)
I want to pick her up
I want to raise her up from the dust
I got to pick her up (beneath the damage and the dust)

and you've got to help me.
(damage and the dust)
(damage and the dust)
(damage and the dust)