A Handful Of Dust Lyrics - Mountain Soul Ii - Patty Loveless

Break us down by our elements and you might think he failed 

We're not copper for one penny or even iron for one nail 

And a dollar would be plenty to buy twenty of us 

Until true love is added to these handfuls of dust 

Handful of dust, handful of dust 

Sums up the richest and poorest of us 

True love makes priceless the worthless 

Whenever it's added to a handful of dust 

However small though our worth may be when shared between two hearts 

Is even more than it would ever be, measured on its own apart 

And our half what it could be is now twice what it was 

When true love is added to these handfuls of dust 

Handful of dust, handful of dust 

Sums up the richest, poorest of us 

True love makes priceless the worthless 

Whenever it's added to a handful of dust