Tryin' to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door

The air is getting hotter
 There's a rumbling in the sky
 I'm drifting through that high muddy water
 With a full moon shining in my eyes
 Every day your memory grows dimmer
 It don't haunt me like it did before
 I'm in the middle of nowhere
 Tryin' 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
 You broke the heart that loved you
 Now you can see what the book cannot write anymore
 I'm just stuck in the half-light
 Tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door
 People on the platform
 Waiting for the train
 I can feel their hearts a-beating
 Like pendulums swingin' on chains
 When you think that you've lost everything
 You find out you can always lose a little more
 I'm in the dinosaurs' waiting room
 Tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door
 I'm going down the river
 Down to New Orleans
 They tell me everything is alright
 But I don't even know what alright means
 I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary Jane
 Miss Mary Jane's got a house in Baltimore
 I've been to Sugartown; I shook the sugar down
 Now I'm tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door
 I'm gonna sleep down in the parlour
 And relive my dreams
 I close my eyes and I wonder
 If everything's as hollow as it seems
 Some dreams don't pull no gamblers
 No midnight ramblers like they did before
 I'm just goin' down the road, feelin' bad
 Tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door