Tryin' To Get To Heaven Lyrics - Joan Osborne

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 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 to get to heaven before they close the door 

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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 

You broke a 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 

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 

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I'm going down the river 

Down to New Orleans 

They tell me everything is gonna be all right 

But I don't know what "all right" even means 

I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary-Jane 

Miss Mary-Jane got a house in Baltimore 

I been all around the world, boys 

Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door