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