Reachin' up and not quite touchin' the promised land,
I hear pleas and prayers and a desperate whisper sayin,
Oh, Lord, please give us a helpin' hand,
Yeah yeah
Way down in the background,
I can see frustrated souls of cities burnin,
And all across the water,baby, I see weapons barkin' out the sting of death,
And up in the clouds I can imagine UFOs jumpin' themselves,
Laughin' they sayin',
Those people so uptight, they sure know how to make a mess
Back in the saloon my tears mix and mildew with my drink,
I can't really tell my feet from the sawdust on the floor,
But as far as I know, they may even try to wrap me up in cellophane and try and sell me
Brother sell me, and don't worry about lookin at the score
Yeah yeah
[00:29.68]Oh uh, [00:30.59]I see fingers, hands and shades of faces, [00:34.47] [00:36.00]Reachin' up and not quite touchin' the promised land, [00:40.83] [00:42.08]I hear pleas and prayers and a desperate whisper sayin, [00:46.97] [00:48.35]Oh, Lord, please give us a helpin' hand, [00:52.82] [00:53.69]Yeah yeah [00:54.59] [01:07.40]Way down in the background, [01:09.21] [01:10.45]I can see frustrated souls of cities burnin, [01:12.49] [01:13.92]And all across the water,baby, [01:16.63]I see weapons barkin' out the sting of death, [01:19.30] [01:20.30]And up in the clouds I can imagine UFOs jumpin' themselves, [01:23.10] [01:23.72]Laughin' they sayin', [01:25.42] [01:26.98]Those people so uptight, they sure know how to make a mess [01:31.33] [02:37.78]Back in the saloon my tears mix and mildew with my drink, [02:41.62] [02:44.24]I can't really tell my feet from the sawdust on the floor, [02:49.02] [02:51.21]But as far as I know, they may even try to wrap me up in cellophane and try and sell me [02:57.19] [02:58.09]Brother sell me, and don't worry about lookin at the score [03:02.23] [03:03.01]Yeah yeah
