i step outside and take the cold in like a pill 

then i wake up and dream it was a dream i dreamt 

that old house stuck up on a hill somewhere 

makes me cry out loud and wipe away the tears again 



how do i know that you ain't gone away 

how do i know that you ain't gone away 

heaven's on your doorstep and you ain't gone away 

they make up lies tell you things and you ain't gone away 



in the morning mist i call out your name 

but i don't hear it echo the voice of the insane 

all the memories on your window sill they keep a sweet refrain 

if all that's good's an accident i'm not the one to blame 



how do i know that you ain't gone away 

how do i know that you ain't gone away 

heaven's on your doorstep and you ain't gone away 

and knowing all the answers won't take away the pain 

now you can see the reasoning the truth of the insane 

they make up lies tell you things and you ain't gone away 



starstruck the letters on your mantlepiece 

read like death in venice on the beach 



and you ain't gone away 

how do I know that you ain't gone away 

heaven's on your doorstep and you ain't gone away 

and knowing all the answers won't take away the pain 

now you can see the reasoning the truth of the insane 

they make up lies tell you things and you ain't gone away