When it's late at night and dark as hell Where I'm going to well you know damn well I ain't got nobody else to blame Cause you know it's my fault and ain't it a shame The pearly locks on the pearly gates Ain't just for show make no mistake Can nothing I do in this life of sin Make it up enough to ever get me in So when I die I know in my life I ain't done things well, tried to do things right It's been a long dark road and try as I might I can't make it any closer to the golden light I'm a long lost soul meant to toil all day Inmate of my mind, with nothing to say You can't break those chains so let them be I'm not the one who ever held this key There's one thing that I know for sure No matter what I do, there is no cure For the things I've said, the things I've done There's only one chance it's his only son So when I die I know in my life I ain't done things well tried to do things right It's been a long dark road and try as I might I can't make it any closer to the golden light I'm close to the edge I lit my soul on fire So when I die I know in my life I ain't done things well tried to do things right It's been a long dark road and try as I might I can't make it any closer to the golden light I'm close to the edge and holding on All I can do is set my soul on fire with the golden light