If Your Prayers Don’t Get to Heaven

[Verse 1]
I’m packing up, I gotta move
I’m gonna blow a fifty-foot hole
Through the dark clouds in my room
I’m making a change, I'm gonna start today
I’m gonna roll these dice with a song tonight
I'm gonna whip these blues away
And I’m gonna run so far they’ll never find me again

[Chorus]
But I ain’t leavin’, I ain’t leavin’
Unless I’m leavin’ here with you
I been patient while I waited
But I feel it’s time to move
And you’ve been crying, yeah, I seen you
Honey, I've been crying too
But if your prayers don’t get to Heaven
I’m gonna keep them safe for you
If your prayers don’t get to Heaven
I’m gonna keep them safe ‘til they do

[Verse 2]
And I just wait in the cold, cold gray
But I know like I’ve been told
And mama said, “Hold onto hope”
She whispers sweet, "There's a light in glory”
But you gotta burn that sound of the voices out
That wanna bring you to your knees
And you gotta run so far they'll never find you again

[Chorus]
But I ain’t leavin’, I ain’t leavin’
Unless I’m leavin’ here with you
I been patient while I waited
But I feel it’s time to move
And you’ve been crying, yeah, I seen you
Honey, I’ve been crying too
But if your prayers don’t get to Heaven
I’m gonna keep them safe for you
If your prayers don’t get to Heaven
I’m gonna keep them safe ‘til they do

[Bridge]
And when I was a child, a dream came to me
Where every soul hanging low found its piece of dignity
But 'til that dream gets to Heaven, you can ride this train for free
'Til that dream gets to Heaven, you can ride this train on me
And we're gonna run so far they'll never find us again

[Chorus]
But I ain’t leavin’, I ain’t leavin’
Unless I’m leavin’ here with you
I been patient while I waited
But I feel it’s time to move
And you’ve been crying, yeah, I seen you
Honey, I’ve been crying too
But if your prayers don’t get to Heaven
I’m gonna keep them safe for you
If your prayers don’t get to Heaven
I’m gonna keep them safe ‘til they do

[Outro]
(I ain't leavin, I ain't leavin'
Unless I'm leavin' here with you)
'Til they do
(I ain't leavin, I ain't leavin'
Unless I'm leavin' here with you)
'Til they do
(I ain't leavin, I ain't leavin'
Unless I'm leavin' here with you)
'Til they do
Until they do
(I ain't leavin, I ain't leavin'
Unless I'm leavin' here with you)