No Hell

Mama said the stars are the universe's eyes I can feel them watching over me most of the time We grew up believing we could learn how to fly We came from the earth, but we belong to the sky I saw your soul without the skin attached You've got the guts of a coyote pack We've been kissed, we've been cut, but we do what needs the doing We're just rainbows dreaming we are human Please excuse the light shooting out of my head I keep them in a cage, but they come out when they see a friend You must be a friend You're never really gonna have control of it all So you best get cool with where your chips gonna fall We are the sun and mother's milk and cuss words and poetry And here's no use in running, unless you run like heck The best things we've learned, we learned from the wreck Jesus coming back as a woman this time Handing out hugs in the clinic line Someone tell the devil we don't need no hell We're all pretty good at beating up ourselves As kids we believed that the angels talked Everything is magic, 'til you think it's not It's easy to be thankful for the things you've got It takes guts to give thanks for the things you've lost We grew up believing good wins over bad So you gave away your heart but the wolves attacked But then a bigger heart grew back Please excuse the words coming out of my mouth I'm a happy man, but there are some things I need to get out I need to get out There's no use in running, unless you run like heck The best things we've learned, we learned from the wreck Jesus coming back as a woman this time Handing out hugs in the clinic line Someone tell the devil we don't need no hell We're all pretty good at beating up ourselves