After I died, and the make up had dried, I went back to my place.
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No moon that night, but a heavenly light shone on my face.
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Still I thought it was odd, there was no sign of God just to usher me in.
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Then a voice from above, sugar coated with Love, said, "Let us begin".
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You got to fill out a form first, and then you wait in the line.
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You got to fill out a form first, and then you wait in the line.
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OK, a new kid in school, got to follow the rule, you got to learn the routine.
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Woah, there's a girl over there, with the sunshiny hair, like a homecomin' queen.
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I said, "Hey, what you say? It's a glorious day, by the way how long you been dead?"
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Maybe you, maybe me, maybe baby makes three, but she just shook her head...
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You got to fill out a form first, and then you wait in the line.
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You got to fill out a form first, and then you wait in the line.
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Buddha and Moses and all the noses from narrow to flat,
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Had to stand in the line, just to glimpse the divine, what you think about that?
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Well it seems like our fate to suffer and wait for the knowledge we seek.
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It's all his design, no one cuts in the line, no one here likes a sneak
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You got to fill out a form first, and then you wait in the line.
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You got to fill out a form first, and then you wait in the line.
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After you climb, up the ladder of time, the Lord God is near.
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Face to face, in the vastness of space, your words disappear.
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And you feel like swimming in an ocean of love, and the current is strong.
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But all that remains when you try to explain is a fragment of song...
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Lord is it, Be Bop A Lu La or Ooh Poppa Do
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Lord, Be Bop A Lu La or Ooh Poppa Do
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Be Bop A Lu La
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The Afterlife
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| Paul Simon |
