In your mind, in your mind One foot on Jacob's ladder And one foot in the fire And it all goes down in your mind Livin' at the bottom of the stairs of life Never a smile knockin' on your door The air is blue and so are you Prehistoric monsters on the floor Last verse of your last song And God don't hear dead men The end of the line is in your mind And you'll be stayin' in In your mind, in your mind Bone for bone and skin for skin Eye for eye and tooth for tooth Heart for heart and soul for soul Somebody said, what is truth? Lock it up and close it down The sound of moanin' like a dove High beyond the rattle and roar Look into the face of love In your mind, in your mind It all goes down in your mind One foot on Jacob's ladder And one foot in the fire And it all goes down in your mind . . . In your mind, in your mind In your mind Sunday words are back again And you'll eat your fundamentalist pie But just a piece, you understand You get the rest up in the sky Praise and glory, wounded angels Shufflin' round the room Eternity is down the hall And you sit there bendin' spoons In your mind, in your mind Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Sacrificial drops of pain On a silver-plated cross Sanctification on a chain They say redemption draws nigh But storms of silence from above Stop your ears and close your eyes Try to find the face of love In your mind, in your mind It all goes down in your mind One foot on Jacob's ladder And one foot in the fire And it all goes down in your mind In your mind, in your mind In your mind It all goes down in your mind One foot on Jacob's ladder And one foot in the fire And it all goes down in your mind