I was in a gospel tent in New Orleans, tryna get out of the heat
I saw a beetle bob dance by the side of the stage to the Lord's own beat
I was in for some time in the shade and a chance to catch my breath
When the man up on stage screamed about life after death
Between desire and the deed, there's such an ocean
Between the wanting to go and the going, it's a wide-open plain
And to be on your way, you need more than devotion
You gotta take some hardship, you gotta take some pain
And it's a mile across the doorpost, it's ten off from my couch these days
I pick the newspaper up from the floor, put it over my face
An old family tradition, the one that I don't wanna break
So many things I could have done, but I'll do them when I'm wide awake
Between desire and the deed, there's such an ocean
Between the wanting to go and the going, it's a wide-open plain
And to be on your way, you need more than devotion
You gotta take some hardship, you gotta take some pain
And most people, they never wanna reform, we just run out of wind
And we hide in dark corners and dream about hidden old sins
And we can say we're lost, and we can say we'll let it slip away
But we all want a piece of heaven, so it's just something we all say
Between desire and the deed, there's such an ocean
Between the wanting to go and the going, it's a wide-open plain
And to be on your way, you need more than devotion
You gotta take some hardship, you gotta take some pain
You gotta take some hardship, you gotta take some pain
