Art Carney's Dream

in a dream about you, i snuck
 passed st. peter and the
 pearly gate, and then the alarm went off,
 and you were
 warned, cos the sign flashed "second rate" -
 with my ears all full of wax and my hair greasy and
 crawling with lice, i ran over
 and hunkered down and hid
 there behind the tree of life - i saw the humble and the
 meek passing by the proud and important, but i kept
 my distance from them cos i smelled like ed norton and
 i kept cutting my feet on the blades of sharp diamond
 grass, and all the sick and indecent things i'd done went
 by in just a flash - my singed beard caught the sweat, the
 tears, the blood, the crud, and the saliva -
 i had a mouth full of dirty sores and vincent's angina -
 got this feeling you and all the people knew all along
 that i was hiding over there, with my filthy little past and
 my dirty underwear
 then i caught sight of you
 and your beauty broke my heart
 i hung back in the deep shadows
 cos i was stinking to high heavens
 well what could i do, your beauty broke my heart
 wanted to crawl back in my man-hole then
 cos i was stinking to high heaven
 well i admired the fine clothes of
 all the saints that were
 passing me by, in their pretty chiffon
 gowns, their wings
 and their silk suits and ties -
 their language was a foreign tongue,
 maybe latin or greek but all the prayers
 that i
 whispered there to you were stupid,
 obscene and weak -
 then i got this idea to cover myself
 in a thorny bush
 disguise and laying low i crept
 along the shores of the river of life -
 i saw a wondrous city of pure crystal
 with it's streets all made of gold and then i smoked a
 camel cigarette and shivered there in the cold -
 i turned around and saw a beautiful mansion,
 all going up in flames -
 there was a stone sign in the front yard, and on it
 someone had carved my name and the angels rolled out a
 fire hose, they were tryin' to save the place - i felt they
 could probably use my help, but i didn't dare show my
 face - and when the smoke had cleared i cried out when i saw
 that everything was lost - there was no mansion anymore
 just a single wooden cross
 and then an angel tapped me on the shoulder, he said
 "boy, you sure do smell like sin and
 this place is pretty crowded
 but i think we can squeeze you in"
 then i caught sight of you
 and your beauty broke my heart
 i looked at you
 and your beauty broke my heart
 oh, what to do now
 oh, what to do now
 don't know what to do now
 cause your beauty broke my heart now