Black birds and bullet holes    Scattered across the sky    I wander    These steep hills    Into the grey light   My fingers collapse around my pen    Like soldiers tryin' to hold up the flag    I'm callin' out, once again    In this letter to you my friend    In this letter to you my friend    In this letter to you my friend       And don't tell me you been comin' up easy    Stop, drop, life is breezy    You used to say that you would come around    Oh baby, but you're never here       You have been    Up above (so high, so high, so high)    And lived in the dirt    You have felt    Some love    And you    Have been hurt       Well I've gone to shorten my road    With a fistful of matches, but nothin' to strike (nothin' to strike)    And as we walk along the road    You will know that this is right    You may think I'm crazy    You may think I'm foolish    But I'm coming through the lightening    Comin' back to you       Don't tell me you been comin' up easy    Stop, drop, life is breezy   You used to say that you would come around    But you're never here       You have been    Up above (so high, so high, so high)    And lived in the dirt    You have felt    Some love    And you    Have been hurt       Oh, my, my, my, my, m,y my, my    I'm feelin' fine    Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my    I'm comin' through    Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my    Oh, my, my, my, oh, my       You have been    Up above so high, so high, so high    And lived in the dirt    You have felt    Some love    And you    Have been hurt       Oh, you have been, you have been    Up above, up above    And you've lived, and you've lived, in the dirt, in the dirt    Oh, you have felt, you have felt    Some love, oh some love    And you, you have    Been hurt    You have been up above