Pearly Gates Lyrics - Prefab Sprout

Feel the sun upon your back 

Someone somewhere wants to steal it 

Pray each night you'll catch the thief 

But while you sleep he comes and takes it 

Does that make you think little girl? 

Doesn't it just little boy 

There'll be no stampede on the Pearly Gates 

I'll say, "After you", you'll say, "I don't mind the wait" 

There'll be no stampede on those imposing doors 

Naked and afraid, cowering we crawl on all fours 

See the smile on her young face 

Watch life casually erase it 

Now I know she's all grown up 

She wears a look I can't quite place yet 

What makes you cry little girl? 

Maybe I'm scared little boy 

There'll be no stampede on the Pearly Gates 

I'll say, "After you", you'll say, "I don't mind the wait" 

There'll be no stampede on those imposing doors 

Naked and afraid, cowering we crawl on all fours 

There'll be no stampede on the Pearly Gates 

I'll say, "After you", you'll say, "I don't mind the wait"