Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) - The The

If I’m down in the dumps tonight, well it’s not because of you

Try to look at life objectively, what good does it do

You reached for the telephone, I was out at work in some dance hall

You can’t have everything, sometimes you can’t have anything at all

Everybody wants to get to heaven but nobody wants to die

Everybody wants to get to heaven but nobody wants to die

Felt the heat in my cheeks, went to sleep dreaming of her

Daylight began easing through my window, like a whisper

A conspiratal glance, an untroubled voice, a contrivance

You don’t return my calls anymore, my saviour or my successor

Everybody wants to get to heaven but nobody wants to die

Everybody wants to get to heaven but nobody wants to die

Cries of the night, the times we used to sleep together

Guess I was indignant, grow clumsy at your girlish pleasure

I’ve quietened down a bit, doesn’t mean I like the idea at all

Desperate as I am, my miserable state is just comical

Everybody wants to get to heaven but nobody wants to die

Everybody wants to get to heaven but nobody wants to die

Everybody wants to get to heaven but nobody wants to die

Everybody wants to get to heaven but nobody wants to die

Everybody get to heaven

Everybody’s gettin' to heaven

Everybody get to heaven