(lead vocal - eric woolfson)    Rising and falling lighter than air  Silently calling no one is there  Oh, bird that is flying so high and so free  Closer to heaven than you and me    Voices of strangers keep me from sleep  Guardian angels watch over the deep  A ship that is sailing way out to the sea  Closer to heaven than you and me    Visions of rain fall out of blue skies  Rivers of tears fall out of dry eyes  Answer my question tell me no lies  Is this the real world or a fool's paradise?     Wind that is blowing so wild and so free  Closer to heaven than you and me    Closer to heaven longing to be  Closer to heaven than you and me    Visions of rain fall out of blue skies  Rivers of tears fall out of dry eyes  Answer my question tell me no lies  Is this the real world or a fool's paradise?     Love that lies sleeping wakes in the night  Secrets for keeping that won't see the light  I look to the future and I hope it will be  Closer to heaven than you and me    Closer to heaven longing to be  Closer to heaven than you and me