From: Thad Williamson (thwilliamson@igc.apc.org)

Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door
Words and music by Bob Dylan

The air is getting hotter,
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 there's a rumbling in the skies
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I've been wading through the high muddy waters, 
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 with the heat rising in my eyes
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every day your memory grows dimmer, 
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it don't haunt me like it did before
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I've been walking through the middle of nowhere, 
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Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
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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 a heart that loved you, now you can seal up the book and not 
write anymore
I've been walking through the lonesome valley, trying to get to heaven 
before they close the door

People on the platforms, waiting for the trains
I can hear their hearts a beating, like pendulums swinging on chains
When you think you've lost everything, you  find out you can always 
lose a little more
I'm just going down the road feeling bad, trying to get to heaven 
before they close the door

I'm going down the river, down to New Orleans
They tell me everything is going to be allright, but I don't know what 
all right even means
I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary Jane, Miss Mary Jane got a house 
in Baltimore
I've been all around the world boys, now I'm trying to get to heaven 
before they close the door

Gonna sleep down in the parlor, and relive my dreams
I close my eyes and I wonder, if everything is as hollow as it seems
Some trains don't pull no gamblers, no midnight ramblers like they did before
I've been to sugar town, I shook the sugar down, now I'm trying to get 
to heaven before they close the door