I got my information second-hand That life was better in the Promised Land Now my shoe leather's gone And the scenery is all wrong Now I'm finding what it really means True love is harsh compared to love in dreams Of a broken canon law And a sinner's first hallelujah There's a lock for this key But the map is incomplete I don't know how to go But if you set your eyes on me You'd set me free The truth is slippery but it seems to me You find it mainly in uncertainty When the volume is turned down But you're still singing The Promise isn't necessarily Just exactly what they said it'd be It doesn't have to be true If it gets you where you're going to There's a lock for this key But the map is incomplete I don't know how to go But if you set your eyes on me You'd set me free You'd set me free I got my information second-hand That life was better in the Promised Land Now my shoe leather's gone And the scenery is all wrong Now I'm finding what it really means True love is harsh compared to love in dreams Of a broken canon law And a sinner's first hallelujah There's a lock for this key But the map is incomplete I don't know how to go But if you set your eyes on me You'd set me free You'd set me free