Long Way From Heaven

 

Wandering streets with rain and light

I’m not feeling like myself tonight

Crossroads and signs I cannot read

I’m not sure what it is you think I need

 

It’s a city of ghosts where no one trusts

It’s a city of wings that turn to rust

And I’m wandering and I still can’t find

These things I need to leave behind

 

Yeah, we’re a long, long, long way from Heaven

 

And twilight leaks through an open book

I know what you’re saying with every look

Danger dances in these half-lit rooms

Confusion, it reeks in these saloons

 

Hey, Lazarus, where have you been boy

Is death something you still enjoy

 

We’re a long, long, long way from Heaven

 

The Lord he giveth and the Lord he take

I’ve broken laws that I couldn’t escape

Between the colors of your love and hate

There’s a time to murder and a time to create

 

The din of despair and broken, drunken tongues

Who are these people we’ve become

And I feel it, do you feel it too

Happiness always eluding you

 

Yeah, we view liars (?) blankets snug

And I’ll show you all I’ve learned from love.

 

Yeah, we’re a long, long, long way

Such a long, long, long way

Such a long, long, long way to Heaven