I step outside and take the cold in like a pill   Then i wake up and dream it was a dream i dreamt   That old house stuck up on a hill somewhere   Makes me cry out loud and wipe away the tears again      How do i know that you ain't gone away   How do i know that you ain't gone away   Heaven's on your doorstep and you ain't gone away   They make up lies tell you things and you ain't gone away      In the morning mist i call out your name   But i don't hear it echo the voice of the insane   All the memories on your window sill they keep a sweet refrain   If all that's good's an accident i'm not the one to blame      How do i know that you ain't gone away   How do i know that you ain't gone away   Heaven's on your doorstep and you ain't gone away   And knowing all the answers won't take away the pain   Now you can see the reasoning the truth of the insane   They make up lies tell you things and you ain't gone away      Starstruck the letters on your mantlepiece   Read like death in venice on the beach      And you ain't gone away   How do i know that you ain't gone away   Heaven's on your doorstep and you ain't gone away   And knowing all the answers won't take away the pain   Now you can see the reasoning the truth of the insane   They make up lies tell you things and you ain't gone away