callin' Heaven
is anybody Home?
callin' Heaven
for that Great Un-Known

Long Distance call
i agree
after all
we ain't that tall
not after The Fall
just tell HIM
it be me

callin' GOD
we need to talk
yeah YOU & me
we need to walk

what can i say
YOU ain't heard before?
from those of us
standin' at the Pearly Door
ain't we a bore?

we fuss & we cuss
we swore "no more"
but we do
'cause we ain't
no Heavenly Saint

so i'm callin' YOU
long distance
don't care about THE COST
just wanna' visit 'bout what i LOST
along Life's way
just wanna' say
"Thanks for Today"

anyway
i'm callin' YOU
to just ask about this Task
what do i do's
about my 2 left shoes?

don't seem to me
i walk
too straight
just wanna' talk
about that Pearly Gate
GOD please
talk with me's
tell me it ain't TOO LATE

callin' Heaven
is anybody HOME?

callin' collect
as i recollect
ain't outta' line
callin' YOU anytime
be just fine

just don't leave you
hangin' on The Line

just 'bide my time
ryhtmn & rhyme

but GOD YOU & me
we need to Talk
take a Walk
please help me not to balk
at YOU & i
havin' a Talk
about YOU & me
see...
i just keep tryin'
to be ME

i just keep cryin'
for who i am
and who i ain't
GOD YOU know
i ain't no saint

so i'm callin' Heaven
is anybody HOME?

help me GOD
not to roam
help me today
not to get blown away
by drinkin' & thinkin'
sinkin' & blinkin'
at Life's Temptations

please
answer the phone

please GOD
afterall
even after THE FALL
YOU BE
that GREAT UNKNOWN

and me
i just be
who i be
see
i know YOU
made me
to be
who i am

slam, bam, thank YOU MAN

but GOD please answer THE PHONE
don't leave me alone
because who i am is still unknown

so please GOD
answer the phone