Verse: Baby I’m an angle Been born as a man Even though I act like I’m black or white Most nights I am both rain and shine Living in the distance between the nightmares and the daydreams That’s the way we were before we were the nightmares and the daydreams That’s the way we were before we got thrown to the street Won the right to think though ‘ for ourselves No it’s not perfection but it’s peace from a silhouette too afraid of his disease to do a damn thing about it so he had to s-scream about it on top of the roof Listened for existence and took it as the proof But hey Mr. wait though you still need a brush big enough to paint you a saint before it gets too late it’s a fool’s fate to go to hell now Poor man die ‘ Rich man gon’ die too Get a cash cow in the sky and life is a lullaby
Chorus: When I get back from heaven Everything’s gonna be right where I left it
Verse: Like the new paper sack that I stashed on the moon One skin says me the other skin says you Twins from the same old mother So feed that tale to the snake man Under the lake the mermaids aren’t quite that pretty Really is a shame the ocean’s so far away It’s hard to say how far exactly I haven’t been that far before I just died my water fake blue Made me feel so wonderful I just died my water fake blue Made me feel so wonderful
Chorus: When I get back from heaven Everything’s gonna be right where I left it When I get back from heaven Everything’s gonna be super cool When I get back from heaven I’m gonna take a nap out by my pool So when I get back from heaven/ That water better be all kinds of blue/ credits from Theft of the Commons, released 29 April 2011