Her eyes are sweet and dark as coal   But they've long since given up on finding someone to trust   She has a silver plated soul   Beneath the damage and the dust      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)   (Oh, 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)