Tryin' to Get to Heaven (Live in Birmingham, England - September 20, 2000) Lyrics

The air is getting hotter, there's a rumbling in the sky
I've been wading through the high muddy water
With the heat rising in my eyes
Every day your memory grows dimmer
It doesn't haunt me like it did before

I've been walking through the middle of nowhere
Trying, trying to get to heaven, before they close the door

When I was in Missouri, well, they would not let me be
I had to leave there in a hurry
I only saw what they let me see
You broke a heart that loved you
Now you can seal up the book, you don't have to write anymore

I've been walking that lonesome valley
Trying, trying to get to heaven before they close, close the door

People on the platforms, waiting on the trains
I can hear their hearts are beatin' like pendulums swinging on chains
When you think that you lost everything
You find out you can always lose a little more

I'm just going down the road feeling bad
Trying, trying to get to heaven, before they close the door

I'm going down the river, down to New Orleans
They tell me everything is gonna be alright
I don't know what "alright" even means
Some trains don't pull no gamblers
No midnight ramblers, like they did before

I been all around the world, boys
Now I'm trying, trying to get to heaven before they close the door

Thank you