Standing in Line on Judgement Day
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I’m standing here on judgment day Just a wondering what to say I’m standing here on judgment day Just a wondering what to say I see St Peter and he’s standing at the gate And there’s a disappointed look on his face Oh forgive me Father for I have sinned I said I wouldn’t do it but I did it again Sure didn’t mean to do anyone any harm I wasn’t faithless just restless, I got bored and I got depressed Gotta do what ya can to get along I liked singing the blues and paying my dues Giving highbrow attitude To those who said they knew me but didn’t know me at all I liked cigarettes and drinking with friends And remembering those that time forgets Cuz surely I’d become one of them before long I’m standing here on judgment day Just a wondering what to say I’m standing here on judgment day Just a wondering what to say If St Peter says can he find my name If not there must be some kinda mistake I never thought I’d get to see twenty fo’ Let alone enough get past the age to vote I’ll always wonder if Social Security was a hoax If nobody knows when its their time to go Burning the candle way too fast starts burning it low Nobody will know when to make that last call home Lonely nights, you sitting there by the phone While I worked my fingers down to the bone To give those a life that I never have known But with every minute that was passing by Either at work or in a rush hour traffic drive All I wanted to be was there laughing by your side I’m standing here on judgment day Just a wondering what to say I’m standing here on judgment day Just a wondering what to say Is my dad up here and did he put a good word in for me Or is he locked in the basement with hot coals under his feet? I see killers and rapists and scum of the earth Who have lived a hundred years since their birth Standing in the line, Standing in the line What would I give to have their duration of life And work to make all the wrong in this world right But only the good are taken before there perceived time I’m standing here on judgment day Just a wondering what to say I’m standing here on judgment day Just a wondering what to say I see St Peter and he’s standing at the gate And there’s a disappointed look on his face

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