Dar Williams

I asked the habitual party-goer
Just how high she thought she'd get
And I asked the ethereal girls
If they were floating yet
And so I asked the light of the day
What's this rush for heaven
And I saw a bird fly away
And I could not ask again

The tabloid-tainted actress knows the myth of higher ground
The things she got from playin' a nun she got from sleepin' around
And so I asked the light of the day
What's this rush for heaven
And I saw a bird fly away
And I could not ask again

We fell in the mud and
We became enlightened
I wonder who's laughing now

And I've been runnin' uphill panting punching at the air
Fightin' what's been pushin' me down like I could see it there
and so I asked the light of the day
What's this rush for heaven
And I saw a bird fly away
And I could not ask again

And I saw all this climbing, climbing
Just as far from Heaven
And I saw a bird fly away
And I started climbing again