Feel the sun upon your back   Someone somewhere wants to steal it   Pray each night you'll catch the thief   But while you sleep he comes and takes it      Does that make you think little girl?   Doesn't it just little boy      There'll be no stampede on the Pearly Gates   I'll say, "After you", you'll say, "I don't mind the wait"   There'll be no stampede on those imposing doors   Naked and afraid, cowering we crawl on all fours      See the smile on her young face   Watch life casually erase it   Now I know she's all grown up   She wears a look I can't quite place yet      What makes you cry little girl?   Maybe I'm scared little boy      There'll be no stampede on the Pearly Gates   I'll say, "After you", you'll say, "I don't mind the wait"   There'll be no stampede on those imposing doors   Naked and afraid, cowering we crawl on all fours      There'll be no stampede on the Pearly Gates   I'll say, "After you", you'll say, "I don't mind the wait"