When this body grows weary
And the end's feeling close,
I wanna go to Heaven
When I give up the ghost.
I'm counting sparrows in darkening skies
Get swallowed by the clouds in my eyes.
Beneath an old cypress, I wonder why
In the earth we were brought up to lie.
When this body grows weary
And the end's feeling close,
I wanna go to Heaven
When I give up the ghost.
The sun shudders softly behind a cold moon.
My breath bleeds out slowly 'til it fills up the room.
I'm drawn to my grave like a moth to a flame.
The temple makes itself a tomb.
(x2)
When this body grows weary
And the end's feeling close,
I wanna go to Heaven
When I give up the ghost.
Sweet Jesus I fear, when this body is gone
There'll be nothing left but a pile of my bones.
Though I sleep in the clay, don't forget me that day.
Don't leave me down there all alone.
When this body grows weary
And the end's feeling close,
I wanna go to Heaven
When I give up the ghost.
When this body grows weary
And the end's feeling close...
And the end's feeling close,
I wanna go to Heaven
When I give up the ghost.
I'm counting sparrows in darkening skies
Get swallowed by the clouds in my eyes.
Beneath an old cypress, I wonder why
In the earth we were brought up to lie.
When this body grows weary
And the end's feeling close,
I wanna go to Heaven
When I give up the ghost.
The sun shudders softly behind a cold moon.
My breath bleeds out slowly 'til it fills up the room.
I'm drawn to my grave like a moth to a flame.
The temple makes itself a tomb.
(x2)
When this body grows weary
And the end's feeling close,
I wanna go to Heaven
When I give up the ghost.
Sweet Jesus I fear, when this body is gone
There'll be nothing left but a pile of my bones.
Though I sleep in the clay, don't forget me that day.
Don't leave me down there all alone.
When this body grows weary
And the end's feeling close,
I wanna go to Heaven
When I give up the ghost.
When this body grows weary
And the end's feeling close...