I've got every reason to be high,
I've got a place in the heaven beyond,
I've got dreams to live and I've got love to give,
And I know it in my heart and soul,
Where we will be going;
Well I lay me down to the northern sky,
I wake up with the light of the sun,
And the savage beast will surely die,
In the Bethlehem far below,
Where we will be going;
Oh... I've got the gold, and I've got the silver,
Oh... and I've got a place to call my own,
It's a way of living forever,
It's a way of living the dream,
It's a way of living the whole life,
Come down to the river,
Come down to the sea;
I remember footsteps on the moon,
After Dallas darkened days,
When the whole world seemed to stop and look,
And they ask themselves every day,
Where are we going?
But the Bowman turned and carried on,
HAL prepared for childhood's end,
And it came out of dark and wintry skies,
On a terrible December night,
In New York City;
Oh... hey John! are you out there listening,
Oh... way across the universe ?
It's a way of living forever,
It's a way of living the dream,
It's a way of living the whole life,
Come down to the river,
Come down to the sea;
Oh ay oh...
Oh ay oh...
Oh ay oh...
Come down to the river,
Come down to the sea;
I've got every reason to be high,
I've got a place in the heaven beyond,
I've got dreams to live and I've got love to give,
And I know it in my heart and soul,
Where we will be going
Where we will be going
Where we will be going...
"This is the most lyrically complex of all of the songs on the album. To give you an idea, the first line is 'I've got every reason to be high, I have a place in the heaven beyond. I've got dreams to live and love to give; I know it in my heart and soul where we will be going. 'It's an extraordinarily positive song - very euphoric by the end of it. And it refers to 'I lay me down to the northern sky, I wake up with the light of the sun '... it's got lyrics in it which I think are going to have the fans going mad! Here's another one 'And the savage beast will surely die in the Bethlehem far below where we will be going.' I'm not going to tell you what that's about! I'll let people try to discover for themselves. And then we have 'Dallas darkened days' A reference to JFK? Who knows! Another line is 'Childhood's end; New York city on a December night.' John Lennon? You decide for yourself. I'm not going to explain any of it, but it's a philosophical look at history and where my place in my own particular recent memories of history is concerned. It concludes on the very positive note that I personally have no fears - and that I think I know where I'll be going. You wait until you hear it! It sounds a bit trivial talking about it like this, but it's very complicated - and I'm very pleased with it."
The Getaway Gazette, March 1992
Albums
"Where We Will Be Going" appears on the following albums:
