i've been digging in the heart of darkness
i've been digging in the fate of the world
little girl curled up in a mine cart
i've been looking for the mother of pearl

down the chutes where the chinamen dwell
sending letters up a suction hose
dig a tunnel all the way to copa de oro
dig a tunnel through the dinosaur bones

oh ah oh
oh ah oh
oh ah oh
digging up dinosaurs and putting them together
oh ah oh
oh ah oh
oh ah oh
digging up the dinosaurs and putting them together again

i've been digging in the heart of darkness
i've been digging in the fate of the world
dry bones in the valley of the shadow
i've been looking for the mother of pearl

so send a letter up a service elevator
write your name in the chalk
stick a shovel in the rubble of the ages
digging up the dinosaurs and making them walk

clankity clankity clankity clank
ankylosaurus was built like a tank

if i had a reason i'd sleep in your bed
and if i had a reason i'd hold your head
but i'm waiting on a reason, i'm waiting for the weather
i'm digging up dinosaurs and putting them together
i'm digging up dinosaurs and putting them together
i'm digging up the dinosaurs and putting them together again

i'm putting them together, i'm putting them together
i'm putting them together, i'm putting them together
i'm putting them together, i'm putting them together
i'm digging up the dinosaurs and putting them together again