i ll be back before bars close i ll be tall before grass grows i left there long ago cause that house ain t my home i will need the warnings you speak before you go upstairs before you go upstairs four different stories in one single story there there are things privileged and some things so unfair i will heed the warnings you speak before we go upstairs before we go upstairs time is tryin to kill me but foolishness will beat him to it i hear tales of things i shouldn t right before i start to do it i ll bide my time hide my crimes before i go upstairs before i go upstairs i got dirt beneath my feet a lot of world for me to see trouble haunts me in my sleep i got places i should be one day soon in my dark room  before i go upstairs before you go upstairs oh before we go upstairs