Josh Ritter - "Harrisburg"

Romero got married on the fifth of July,
In our Lady of Immaculate Dawn.
He could've got married in the revival man's tent,
But there ain't no reviving what's gone.

He slipped like a shadow from the family he made
In a little white house by the woods.
Dropped the kids at the mission, with a rose for the virgin,
And she knew he was gone for good.

It's a long way to Heaven, it's closer to Harrisburg,
And that's still a long way from the place where we are.
And if evil exists, its a pair of train tracks,
And the devil is a railroad car.

Could have stayed somewhere but the train tracks kept going,
And it seems like they always left soon.
and the wolves that he ran with they moaned low and painful,
And sang sad miseries to the moon.

It's a long way to Heaven, it's closer to Harrisburg,
And that's still a long way from the place where we are.
And if evil exists, its a pair of train tracks,
And the devil is a railroad car.

A rose at the altar, withered and wilted,
Romero sank into a dream.
He didn't make Heaven, and he didn't make Harrisburg,
He died in a hole in between.

Now some say that man is the root of all evil,
While others say God's a drunkard for pain.
Me, I believe that the Garden of Eden
Was burned to make way for a train.

It's a long way to Heaven, it's closer to Harrisburg,
And that's still a long way from the place where we are.
And if evil exists, its a pair of train tracks,
And the devil is a railroad car.

This is a link to the original studio recording of the song "Harrisburg";

http://youtu.be/5dL_4vUXCK0