The Rapture of Riddley Walker

Went to the doctor
To see what could be given
He said, "Sorry
But you've got to do your own livin'"

Went to the pastor
To hear what he would say
He said, "Sorry son, come back later
Some time after Judgment Day"

There is no safe way out of here
No passage below the dungeon
No mother ship will save you
So goes the rapture of Riddley Walker

Churchyard was empty, schoolyard was bare
Wind in the streets, wind in the air
Pockets of diamonds, nothing to buy
Scream out hello and get no reply

Victims of zombies convene in the park
While any man with dignity makes an easy mark
Heaven is a long ways away
Heaven is a long, long, long, long ways away

There is no safe way out of here
No passage below the dungeon
No mother ship will come save you
The rapture of Riddley Walker

How many-cools of Addom?
Party cools of stone?
Hart of the wood shadder, Eusa roam

Drop-John been climbing on Riddley's back
Follow the power, a natural fact
Orfing & Ardship, hardship is plain
Hardly Goodparley is ever the same

Shadows and phantoms convene in the snow
Among the low whispers are voices you know
Heaven is a long ways away
Heaven is a long, long, long, long ways away

There is no safe way out of here
No passage below the dungeon
No mother ship will come save you
The rapture of Riddley Walker

How many-cools of Addom?
Party cools of stone?
Hart of the wood shadder, Eusa roam