Soon My Work Will Be Over -

Soon my work will be over

Into the valley I’ll go down

Dreamed I died and went to heaven

There was nobody around

Just a storefront red light flashing

On the dark edge of a cloud

And a television playing

Dirty pictures without sound

Days they come

Like an empty train

When I’m alone

And you’re away

Some men will beg for beauty

With terror in their eyes

Better save those pennies

Find another place to hide

I’m so easily tempted

By every shadow on the street

Looking fine and distinguished

As they come calling after me

We must have done

Something wrong

To burn away

With the morning fog

But I want to do everything

Maybe listen to the mountains sing

Oh there’s a difference, a difference

Soon my work will be over

Out of death I will arise

With a brand new perfect body

That does everything but die

Put on that black dress, honey

Release a flower where you stand

We’ll go walking in the sunshine

With all its power in our hands

Days they come

Like an empty train

When I’m alone

And you’re away

But I want to do everything

Maybe listen to the mountains sing

Oh there’s a difference, a difference

Moving through fire

Won’t change my mind

Moving through fire

And I can’t turn round