I don't want to die and go on off to paradise
There are more fun places here that i can patronize
And you, my friend, aren't born again
You're dead already

If i can't go to heaven, let me go to la
Or the far west texas desert or an oregon summer day
If we build a utopia will you come and stay?
Shangri-la la la la la la la la la

St. peter, don't you call me 'cause i can't go
I love my friends in hell, as above and so below
When the rapture comes, if you don't mind
I'll be waiting down here and sweating

If i can't go to heaven, let me go to la
Or the far west texas desert or an oregon summer day
If we build a utopia will you come and stay?
Shangri-la la la la la la la la la

Accumulating cumulus in our backyard
My puzzle pieces fooling heaven bit by bit
Beneath this jigsaw sky i sit
And wonder wonder wonder where do i fit?

If i can't go to heaven, let me go to la
Or the far west texas desert or an oregon summer day
If we build a utopia will you come and stay?
Shangri-la la la la la la la la la