Dust N’ Bones

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This classic and yet under-appreciated track features Izzy Stradlin on lead vocals, with Axl Rose providing high harmonies in the background. It focuses on the struggles of… Read More

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Dust N’ Bones Lyrics

[Intro: Izzy Stradlin]
He lost his mind today
He left it out back on the highway
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[Verse 1: Izzy Stradlin]
She loved him yesterday
Yesterday's over, I said, "Okay, that's alright"
Time moves on, that's the way
We live in hope to see the next day, but that's alright

[Chorus: Axl Rose with Izzy Stradlin]
Sometimes, these things, they are so easy
Sometimes, these things, they are so cold
Sometimes, these things just seem to rip you right in two
Oh no, man, don't let 'em get to you
Oh yeah, ow, yeah

[Verse 2: Izzy Stradlin]
She loved him yesterday
He laid her sister, she said, "Okay, that's alright"
Buried her things today
Way back out, deep behind the driveway and that's alright

[Chorus: Axl Rose with Izzy Stradlin]
Sometimes, these women are so easy
Sometimes, these women are so cold
Sometimes, these women seem to rip you right in two
Only if you let 'em get to you
Oh, oh yeah

About

This classic and yet under-appreciated track features Izzy Stradlin on lead vocals, with Axl Rose providing high harmonies in the background. It focuses on the struggles of relationships, breakups and the ever-changing feelings of women.

“Dust N’ Bones” was regularly played live during the Use Your Illusion Tour in 1991 before Stradlin’s departure from the band. After that, it was last played in 1992 when Stradlin briefly returned to the band to fill in for Gilby Clarke.

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What did Guns N' Roses say about "Dust N’ Bones"?

And Izzy has this, like, very wry sense of humor, man. He’s got this song about… ‘She lost her mind today, got splattered out on the highway, I say that’s OK!’ It’s called “Dust N' Bones,” I think, and it’s great. The rhythm reminds me of something like “Cherokee People” by Paul Revere and the Raiders, only really weird and rocked out. It’s a weird song. But then it is by Izzy, what can I tell you?

—Axl Rose, Kerrang!

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