Who sang this lyric?

Is this the Dire Straits, or Deep Purple perhaps? All I can remember is a part of the refrain which says “ashes, ashes, all fall down; I say ashes, ashes, all fall down…” (c. mid-1980s?)

No, this is not the kid’s nursery rhyme, silly! Just borrowed from it! Please tell me the song and artist, if you can name that tune!
Thanks, Jinx!

How about “Throwing Stones” by the Grateful Dead ?
http://www.lyricsdomain.com/7/grateful_dead/throwing_stones.html

It’s not ‘Ashes to ashes’ [funk to funky] by David Bowie, is it?
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/lyricsb/bowie.html