David Bowie - Tryin' To Get To Heaven Lyrics

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