VERSE
My pulse says 23 beats an hour - that can?t be right
Maybe that?s why I?m falling asleep here at the traffic light
I can?t hear a word you say but I can see you from the corner of my eye
One hand out the window, Lord, and my brain?s up in the sky
VERSE
When I awake my hands vibrate just like a banjo string
Radio station coming in I can hear the choir sing
Some kind of song that sounds just like "When the Levee Breaks"
Bassoons and timpanis join in what a ruckus those things make
Lock the doors and hang on,
I think I hear the undertaker?s song
Lock the doors and hang on,
We?re going to reach the gates before too long
VERSE
When I arose I was exposed to the fabled bright lights
All the harp players? robes were pressed and clean and white
Plucking out a tune that I know now was "In My Time of Dying"
When they issued me my wings I set straight out flying
Lock the doors and hang on,
I think I hear the undertaker?s song
Lock the doors and hang on,
We?re going to reach the gates before too long
BRIDGE
If my halo should ever lose its shine
Help me to find a new one somewhere
If my wings should fail me my Lord
Please won?t you meet me with another pair?
Lock the doors and hang on,
I think I hear the undertaker?s song
Lock the doors and hang on,
We?re going to reach the gates before too long
I think I hear the undertaker?s song
Yeah, I think I hear the undertaker?s song