Tryin' To Get To Heaven

The air is getting hotter There's a rumbling in the skies I've been wading through the high muddy water With the heat rising through my eyes Every day your memory grows dimmer It doesn't hurt me like it did before I've been walking through the middle of nowhere 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 there in a hurry I only saw what they let me see They broke the heart that loved you Now you can seal up the book and not write anymore I've been walking that lonesome valley Trying to get to heaven before they close the door Oh yeah Ooh Trying to get to heaven before they close the door Ooh Trying to get to heaven before they close the door People on the platforms Waiting for the trains I can hear their hearts a-beatin' Like pendulums swinging on chains When you think you've lost everything You find out you can always lose a little more I'm just going down the road feeling bad Trying hard to get to heaven before they close the door Ooh Trying to get to heaven before they close the door Ooh Trying to get to heaven before they close the door Ooh, oh Ooh Trying to get to heaven before they close the door Ooh Trying to get to heaven before they close the door I'm going down the river Going down to New Orleans They tell me everything is gonna be all right But I don't know what "all right" even means I close my eyes and I wonder, boys If everything is as hollow as it seems I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down Trying to get to heaven before they close the door Hey Ooh Trying to get to heaven before they close the door Ooh Trying to get to heaven before they close the door Ooh (and relive my dreams) Trying to get to heaven before they close the door Ooh (I've been on the run) Trying to get to heaven before they close the door