So scared of each other these days Can't look each other in the eye Go straight for the 12-gauge No fortress around your heart Can keep the wolves at bay Down in paradise these days Did you hear the one about The kid with the gun? Did you hear the one about The priest and the nun? Did you hear the one about The crumbling mansion in the sun? Well, I went there once But Elvis wasn't home Now I laugh too long and I cry too hard My shrink says, boy You got a hair-trigger heart I'm just beating the shrubs For the presence of God It's a long way to heaven It's a long way from here Did you hear the one about The man who loved everyone? The papers called him a bum Said his work was dung He cried too long, and he laughed too loud For those so busy being proud He said I wish I were stronger I wish I were taller And he prayed his Johnson Wouldn't get any smaller He said it all in the voice Of the anonymous caller On line seven It's a long way to heaven It's a long way to heaven Such a long way, so I say Looking into you I climb the tree that holds the hive Looking into you I am the only man alive Looking into you I drink your love like blood-red wine Looking into you I am not a slave to time Looking into you I am not afraid to die