This world is made with sweat and toil, pushing muscle and elbow oil 
We can't lie too long in the shade, cause every day must be remade 
Some days you fall some days you fly, but in the end we all must die 
Our rotting flesh and broken bone will feed the ground that we call home 

But a new sprout grows from a fallen tree, my sons will go on after me 
So lift your heart and dry your eye, it's another day to live and die 

I've run naked in the wild, seen the beauty of a newborn child 
Like the alchemists of old, I've tried to spin my straw to gold 
Most times a giver, sometimes a thief, so full of hope but prone to grief 
Between freedom and despair, I know that truth is lying there 
I've seen the truth, it's lying there 

And a new sprout grows from a fallen tree, this world will go on after me 
So lift your heart and dry your eye, it's another day to live and die 

So go on now, don't you worry 'bout me, you've miles to go and a world to see 
My life's been long and full and good, I've run this race the best I could 
It's a short time here and long apart, 
But the same song rings in both our hearts 
So take my guitar when I'm gone, write your own rhymes, then pass it on 
Just take your hit and then pass it on 

Let a new sprout grow from a fallen tree, this song will go on after me 
So lift your heart and dry your eye, it's another day to live and die 
It's another day to live and die, just another day