Like a lost apparition You were there in the distance And the church bells were ringing in the dusk And that song you were singing Stuck itself beneath my skin and I've been searching ever since for what it was And I ain't no big believer But I do the best I can here At the altar of the evergreen August At the altar of the evergreen August Cause it's ashes to ashes Dust to dust All things in their due time And I guess I ain't been here long enough To ask for a favor, I Know patience the virtue well enough But I can't seem to hold on tight Oh it's ashes to ashes Dust to dust All things in their due time I guess I'll wait a while All things in their due time All things in their due time And I won't be here much longer When we're gone, so forgotten So let me peer behind the curtain 'fore I go Like a lost apparition You stand there in the distance And the church bells are ringing in the gloam Oh the church bells are ringing in the gloam Cause it's ashes to ashes Dust to dust All things in their due time And I guess I ain't been here long enough To ask for a favor, I Know patience the virtue well enough But I can't seem to hold on tight Oh it's ashes to ashes Dust to dust All things in their due time (Ooh-ooh) All things in their due time (Ooh-ooh) All things in their due time (Ooh-ooh) All things in their due time (Ooh-ooh) All things in their due time