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 gotta 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 from here      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