before i go upstairs

i'll be back before bars close

i'll be tall before grass grows

i left there long ago

'cause that house ain't my home

i will need the warnings you speak

before you go upstairs

before you go upstairs

four different stories in one single story there

there are things privileged

and some things so unfair

i will heed the warnings you speak

before we go upstairs

before we go upstairs

time is tryin' to kill me

but foolishness will beat him to it

i hear tales of things i shouldn't

right before i start to do it

i'll bide my time

hide my crimes

before i go upstairs

before i go upstairs

i got dirt beneath my feet

a lot of world for me to see

trouble haunts me in my sleep

i got places i should be

one day soon

in my dark room

before i go upstairs

before you go upstairs

oh

before we go upstairs

before i go upstairs