Tryin' to Get to Heaven Lucinda Williams
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The air's getting hotter
There's a rumbling in the skies
I've been wading through the muddy water
With the heat rising in my eyes
Every day a miracle's here
It doesn't haunt me like it did before
I've been walking through the middle of nowhere
Just trying to get to heaven before they close the door
When I was in Missouri
They would not let me be
I had to leave in a hurry
I only saw what they let me see
You broke my heart that loved you
Now you're still above the book and not writing anymore
I've been walking that fluorescent valley
Just trying to get to heaven before they close the door
People on the platforms
Waiting for the trains
I can hear their hearts a-beating
Like pendulums swinging on chains
I tried to give you everything
That your heart was longing for
I'm just going down the road feeling bad
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
I'm going down the river
Down to New Orleans
They tell me everything will be alright
But I don't know what alright even means
I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary Jane
Miss Mary Jane got a house in Baltimore
I've been all around the world, boys
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door
Gonna sleep down in the parlor
And relive my dreams
I close my eyes and I wonder
If everything is as hollow as it seems
Some trains don't pull no papers
No midnight prayers like they did before
I've been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door