Hmm, hey, yo, cabin in the sky, what we see in the dream
When we wake, never can we see what it means
A picture stands alongside of my memory
To help honor those I lost, not the end of me
But still in disbelief, lost my brother Dave
But what keeps me sane from the grief
Is to stay rooted in if the wind gets severe
Every line in the song holds love in the tears
We all hope to climb, end on an acre or two
Up in the heavenly blue where there's no rent owed
Or urban life sewed in the clouds
Gentrification in the realm ain't allowed
The thought that soon becomes
the tiniest when around my pops
Who's blessed to celebrate his ninetieth
Standing thankful for life
I wonder if he thinks about the loved ones
who paid a different price
Which in comparison shows
the extent of what my brother got to see
to live a life so dense
Thought we have forever to do more together
And all that we painted can't ever be rinsed
True connections can never be severed
Defining friendship to storms that got weathered
The mule and the forty old don't seem greener
than the acres in the promised land from the redeemer hand

Yeah, understand that my tears can't stop me
from seeing those cabins in the sky
We're waiting to get a view of all the faces
we loved that slipped away
It makes me wonder when it's over
will I get a cabin in the sky?
And how will my family deal with it all
when they watch me slip away?
Melodies of wonder are shared
in celebrating them cabins in the sky
Never a dry eye when you go searching
for the ones that slipped away
Those ascended from the timeline early
may you reach that cabin in the sky
And know that you will be cherished
by those who were hurt you slipped away

Understand that the tears can't stop me
from seeing them cabins in the sky
Like we try seeing in the dream
When we wake, never can we see what it means
Just trying to receive our daily bread together
No one's the king, we all led together
Seems these days we vanish like mismanaged money
Instead of staying, but wed forever to life
Those who touch your heart can no longer be touched
so you miss 'em so much
That it feels like blessings arrive on time
But hardships always arrive earlier
but I became worldlier too, though
Heartache deserves a good mourning
so my attitude is gratitude when the Sun comes on it
And we'll stay looking above
and pray we asking from a launch pad of love
And, hey, let us rejoice and let your voice
travel to them cabins in the sky

So they may reach the ones who we love that had to slip away
It makes me wonder when it's over
will I get my cabin in the sky?
And how will my family deal
with it all when they watch me slip away?
Melodies of wonder are shared
in celebrating them cabins in the sky
Never a dry eye when you go searching
for the ones that slipped away
Those who ascend from the timeline early
may you reach that cabin in the sky
And know that you will be cherished
by those who heard you slipped away