In and out and in and out again In and out and in and out again And where are you now O Mother of the world? Ah we feed from your hands And we drink from your filth and your oil So send them down To scrape and suck the soil Keep us safe inside Your damp and rusty coil In and out and in and out again In and out and in and out again Mother Sun, mother of senseless things Mother come, kill time as it begins