Please, mother of mercyTake me from this placeand the long winded cursesI keep here in my headWords never listenand teachers, oh, they never learnbut I'm warm from the candlethough I feel too cold to burnHe came from an islandand he died from the streetand he hurt so bad like a soul breakingbut he never said nothing to me So say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven...So say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven... New, like a babyLost, like a prayerThe sky was your playgroundbut the cold ground was your bedI said poor stargazerShe's got no tears in her eyesbut smooth like a whisperShe knows that love heals all wounds with timeNow it seems like too much love is never enoughYeah, you better seek out another road'cause this one has ended abrupt So say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven...So say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven...I never wanted to write these words down for youwith the pages of phrases of all the things we'll never doSo I blow out the candleand I put you to bedSince you can't say to me nowhow the dogs broke your bonethere's just one thing left to be said So say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven...So say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven...

I had a dream the other nightYou were in a bar in the corner on a chairWearing a long white leather coatPurple glasses and glitter in your hairAnd you said hey this is where I'm gonna sitAnd buy you a drink somedayYou were going to the dog showsBut you kinda lost your wayYou say now I got all this roomAnd no money to decorate it, so someLocal customer put me in touch with the manUpstairs, he said little man you got noBusiness gettin' frustrated You gotta restYou gotta restYou gotta reach downAnd pick the crowd upCarry back in your handsTo the promised land Now I had some angel shine my wings, she saidNothin' but the best for the golden boyShe made me promise not to tell I had her underA spell singing golden words in a broken voiceAnd I caught some blessing on the wind I'mFeeling lighter than a whisper from a doveI've got no hands to tie behind my backAnd I'm sparking like a heart attack, now I've gotRoom to spread my wings and my messages ofLove, yes love was my drug, but that's notWhat I died of, so don't think of meCrying louder than some billion dollar baby Cause I gotta restI gotta restI gotta reach down and pick theCrowd up, carry back in myHand to the promised land

Well I don't mind stealing breadFrom the mouths of decadentsBut I can't feed on the powerlessWhen my cup's already overfilled YeahBut it's on the tableThe fire's cookingAnd they're farming babiesThe slaves are all working Blood is on the tableThe mouths are all chokingBut I'm goin' hungryYeah I don't mind stealing breadFrom the mouths of decadentsBut I can't feed on the powerlessWhen my cup's already overfilled But it's on the tableThe fire is cookingAnd they're farming babiesThe slaves are all working And it's on the tableTheir mouths are all chokingBut I'm going hungry (Going hungry)I'm going hungry (Going hungry)I'm going hungry (Going hungry)

Mother, mother found me on her stepGracious mother held me to her breastUntil the day I started pushin'Too late to cry, she turned awayI started pushin'I saw no future in this lackI started pushin' forward back Baby brother clinging to her hairGracious, pleading not anotherSoul to bare, he started pushin'All my kings have fallen downI started pushin'Fallen heroes feed the groundI started pushin' forward back Falling down, now I know herI know I'll never drownI was pushin' forward back

You call me a dog well that's fair enoughCause it ain't no use to pretendYou're wrongWhen you call me out I can't hide anymoreI have no disguise you can't see through Well you say it's bad luckTo have fallen for meWell what can I say to make it good for youYou wore me out like an old winter coatTrying to be safe from the cold But when it's my time to throwThe next stoneI'll call you beautiful if I call at all You tell me I'm low 'cause I've slept on the floorAnd out in the woods with the badgers and wolvesYou threw me out 'cause I went digging for goldAnd I came home with a handful of coal But when it's my time to throw the next stoneI'll call you beautiful if I call at all And when it's time to call your bluffI'll call you beautiful or leave it alone You call me a dogWell that's fair enoughIt doesn't bother me as long as you knowBad luck will follow youIf you keep me on a leash andYou drag me along

When the spoon is hotAnd the needle's sharpAnd you drift awayI can hear you sayThat the world in blackIs upon your backAnd your body shakesSo you ditch awayAnd you close the shades Don't try to do itDon't try to kill your timeYou might do itThen you can't change your mindYou've got a hold on to your timeTill you break through theseTimes of trouble When you try to talkAnd the words get hardAnd they put you downDon't you stayDon't you ditch away I saw you swingingSwinging your mother's swordI know you're playing butSometimes the rules get hardBut if somebody left you out on a ledgeIf somebody pushed you over the edgeIf somebody loved you and left you for deadYou got to hold on to your time till you breakThrough these times of trouble

People like you, I know myselfWalk in the shoes of somebody elseWhisper to me, my tragic fateWhisper to me, my tragic endBut don't give me your savior People I choose, life on my ownBurn me your fuse, throw me your stonesGive me your brand, burn on my handWhisper to me, my tragic endBut don't give me your savior People I choose, I know myselfLay my need out, give you my helpBut you give me your bluesAnd you whisper my fateBut don't give me your savior

Wooden Jesus where are you from?Korea or Canada, maybe Taiwan?I didn't know it was the holy land.But I believed from the minute the check left my handAnd I pray. Can I be saved, I spent all my moneyOn a future graveWooden Jesus I'll cut you in on twenty percent of my future sinAnd I pray. Porcelain Mary her majesties pureLooking for virgin territoryCoat hanger halos don't come cheapFrom television shepherds with living room sheep,And I pray. Can I be saved,I spent all my money on a future graveWooden Jesus I'll cut you in on twenty percent of my future sin.

Well she cried and she criedAll night to the sound of the freeway humAnd she swears she'll be goneWhen the sun hits the groundAnd she ain't coming back to my cell Well she's tired and she's tiredOf this life she's been leading too longAnd the time turns aroundThrough the walls that surroundTo the chimes of a jailer's song In my four walled world Well she tries and she triesBut my feet just won't leave the groundAnd I'm tired and I'm tiredOf this prisoner's life, and these chainsThat drag me down In my four walled world And now the sun is lowAnd these walls try to break my soulAnd now the moon is fullAnd I won't see nothing tonightBut the tears in her eyes andMy four walled world

She motioned to meThat she wanted to leaveAnd go somewhere warmWhere we'd be aloneI do not know, what's going onBut I'm guessing it's an all night thingIf it's an all night thingNobody is gonna make it endAnd if it don't beginDon't worry that I'll take offenseAnd if it's an all night thingAnd we fall like a tear fallingTo the groundI'll never come aroundAnd you'll never hear a word from meIf it's an all night thingWell I walked along, feeling at easeAnd falling like rainInto her schemeShe won't let on what that'll beBut I'm guessingIt's an all night thingIf it's an all night thingNobody is gonna make it endAnd if it don't beginDon't worry that I'll take offenseAnd if it's an all night thingAnd we fall like a tear fallingTo the groundI'll never come aroundAnd you'll never hear a word from meIf it's an all night thing