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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Temple of the Dog
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Chris Cornell
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Temple of the Dog
Producer
Rick Parashar
Producer
Pearl Jam
Producer
Cameron Crowe
Executive Producer
Brett Eliason
Mixing Engineer
Ed Brooks
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Please, Mother Mercy
Take me from this place
And the long-winded curses
I hear in my head
Words never listen
And teachers, oh, they never learn
But I'm warm from the candle
Though I feel too cold to burn
[PreChorus]
He came from an island
And he died from the street
And he hurt so bad like a soul breaking
But he never said nothing to me, yeah
[Chorus]
So say hello to heaven
Heaven, heaven
Say hello to heaven
Heaven, heaven, yeah
[Verse 2]
New like a baby
Lost like a prayer
The sky was your playground
But the cold ground was your bed
Ooh, I said, poor stargazer
She's got no tears in her eyes
But smooth like a whisper
She knows love heals all wounds with time
[PreChorus]
Now it seems like too much love is never enough
Yeah, you better seek out another road
'Cause this one has ended abrupt
[Chorus]
Say hello to heaven
Heaven, heaven
Say hello to heaven
Heaven, heaven
Say hello to heaven
Heaven, heaven
[Verse 3]
I, I never wanted
To write these words down for you
With the pages of phrases
Of things we'll never do
So I blow out, out the candle and I put you to bed
Since you can't say to me now
How the dog broke your bone
There's just one thing left to be said
[Chorus]
Say hello to heaven
To heaven, yeah
Say hello to heaven
To heaven, yeah
[Outro]
Say hello to heaven
To heaven, yeah
Say hello to heaven
To heaven, yeah
Written by: Chris Cornell