When I was a boy

You know my momma would say to me

The world's a mystery, of darkness and light



When I was a (TA?)

I was sent off to inner space

To escape the evil place, I was livin' in

Well, well



When I was a long-hair

I would close my eyes at night

Filled with imaginary light, with the moon and stars

yeah, yeah



But I remember

Livin' in the street 

And then my heart just drifts away, into the night

Well, well, well



(chorus)

In the sky, in the sky, in the sky, in the sky

They got the planes and satellites

Yeah, airplanes and satellites

Whoa, whoa



(chorus repeat)



You know my momma said, boy

She said, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby boy

You're the one that's safe?

You know that evil ain't goin' away

It ain't goin' away, no, no



But I look up in the sky, yeah yeah

It ain't flooded with the stars

Pretty lights are flying across

Shinin' on me yeah yeah



(chorus x2)



When I was a boy

I remember livin' in the streets

I didn't have enough to eat

It was a misery, yeah.



But I could wake up

And look up in the sky

Hoping that God's light

Would shine on me, yeah yeah



(chorus x2)