Pearly Gates Lyrics

Feel the sun upon your back
Someone somewhere wants to steal it
Pray each night you'll catch the thief
But while you sleep he comes and takes it

Does that make you think little girl ?
Doesn't it just little boy

There'll be no stampede on the pearly gates
I'll say "after you" you'll say "i don't mind the wait"
There'll be no stampede on those imposing doors
Naked and afraid, cowering we crawl on all fours

See the smile on her young face
Watch life casually erase it
Now I know she's all grown up
She wears a look I can't quite place yet

What makes you cry little girl ?
Maybe I'm scared little boy

There'll be no stampede on the pearly gates
I'll say "after you" you'll say "i don't mind the wait"
There'll be no stampede on those imposing doors
Naked and afraid, cowering we crawl on all fours
There'll be no stampede on the pearly gates
I'll say "after you" you'll say "i don't mind the wait"

Prefab Sprout - The Collection

Feb 2001

1. Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone)
2. Don't Sing
3. Couldn't Bear To Be Special
4. Faron Young
5. Johnny Johnny
6. Cars And Girls
7. The King Of Rock 'N' Roll
8. Hey Manhattan!
9. The Golden Calf
10. The Sound Of Crying
11. If You Don't Love Me
12. Life Of Surprises
13. A Prisoner Of The Past
14. Electric Guitars
15. Cue Fanfare
16. Cruel
17. Pearly Gates
18. 'Til The Cows Come Home
19. Enchanted
20. I Remember That
21. Nightingales
22. Life's A Miracle
23. Swans
24. Andromeda Heights
25. Where The Heart Is