Brownsville wakes you up
    with warm yellow sunshine
    Fresh cut fields of grass
    lilacs and daylilies
    ferns in the forest
    and I know I've been to Heaven  
        I know I've been to Heaven
    
    Now I've been to Heaven,
    But I've been to Hell
    Hell is a hospital
    I know it well
    I've walked its endless corridors
    shuffled down linoleum floors
    sought exit from its
    windowless walls
    and green steel firedoors
    Hell is a hospital
    Hell is a hospital

          There's a moon over Brownsville tonight
          Fall's golden red
          Winter turns to white
          I'll be hiding from my demons
          down Route 44
          I got a P.O. box, a town hall
          a graveyard and a church
          you can find me here
          Down in Brownsville

    Brownsville wakes you up
    with white falling snow
    silent snowfall
    warm by the woodstove
    and I know I've been to Heaven
        I know I've been to Heaven
    
    But I've been to Hell
    Hell has a leader
    He says "God is on our side"
    Hell is a bombed out city
    Wave your flag with pride
    Hell is a hospital
    Hell is a hospital
    Hell is a hospital
    where my baby died

          There's a moon over Brownsville tonight
          Fall's golden red
          Winter turns to white
          I'll be hiding from my demons
          down Route 44
          I got a P.O. box, a town hall
          a graveyard and a church
          you can find me here
          at the Brownsville General store

    Gotta get back to Heaven, Lord
    Get back to Brownsville
    Get off at Exit 8
    It's just a, Just a couple of miles more
    Come round the mountain, Lord
    On Route 44
    Roll down the window
    Roll down the window
    Roll down the window
    and breathe
    breathe
    breathe the air
    roll into Heaven, Lord
    roll into Brownsville
    roll into Heaven
    and the Brownsville General Store
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    Roll into Heaven, Lord