Already Gone

You don't know what you're missing
 With your endless supplies
 Of that infinite variety
 Of the same old merchandise
 You're standin' on the corner
 Lookin' lonely and lazy
 He had no way to warn her
 That he was feelin' so crazy
 He just went out, and he bought
 The fastest bike he could buy
 Popped a wheelie in the alley
 Aimed it straight for the sky
 Bit the dust on the highway
 Doin' 90, 95
 Just east of Albuquerque
 Singin', "Sweet by and by"
 He followed her down
 She took him for granted
 He showed her his heart
 She showed him the door
 He showed her the road
 She says, "I don't understand it"
 When he died, he was thinkin'
 Honey, here's what it's for
 I asked my angel
 If heaven was near
 He said, "It's closer than you think
 But you can't get there from here"
 Where can you go?
 When you're already gone
 Where can you go?
 When you're already gone
 Peabody and the government
 Got no respect for this earth
 They wanna move the Indians again
 From the very land of their birth
 They wanna move big mountain
 Cut the coal out from under
 They never heard about sunshine
 They never listen to thunder
 You know who they are
 Oh, but who are you?
 To let them do this to a people
 When they would do this to you
 Though the great spirit follow you
 To the end of the earth
 When he died, he was thinkin'
 Honey, here's what it's for
 Would you follow them down
 To the skids and the slums
 Take somebody from the circle
 Turn 'em into a bum
 Though the great spirit followed you
 To the end of the earth
 When he died, he would be thinkin'
 What the hell was it worth?
 I asked my angel
 If heaven was near
 He said, "It's closer than you think
 You just can't get there from here"
 Where can you go?
 When you're already gone
 Where can you go?
 When you're already gone
 In the city of the angels
 Here, I once caught a thief
 'Twas 20 years off the reservation
 Now the cops all called him chief
 It's more than mind over matter
 It's your body and soul
 The last rung on the ladder
 The poor, the hungry, the cold
 Here's to the moon above the mountains
 Here's to the snow on the ground
 It's a smokeless horizon
 Someone you don't let down
 But, it's those hearts that can't feel
 And those arms that won't reach
 And it's sad, but it's real
 These ain't just figures of speech
 America lies, border to border
 Signs treaties in disguise
 Forgets natures law and order
 Rebuild the statute of liberty
 As a band play a song
 For another statute that's cryin'
 Where did I go wrong?
 I asked my angel
 If heaven was near
 He said, "It's closer than you think
 You just can't get there from here"
 Where can you go?
 When you're already gone
 Where can you go?
 When you're already gone