Song Description

Narrates the tragedy of Jonestown (Guyana) 1978 when 899 people committed suicide together under the direction of Rev Jim Jones

Lyrics

Can't find my way back to heaven
Jonestown, Guyana 18 November 1978
© 2007 Bruce Mills (ASCAP)

Can't find my way / can't find my way / can't find my way / can't find my way
I can't find my way back to Heaven no more
The Kingdom is deserted - they locked up all the doors
Am I the only one - the only one that's left behind?

All of God's children were waiting in line
Desperate believers - to drink the father's wine
Am I the only one - the only one that's left behind?

No one heard the sound
When the trees of life fell down
Angels crying in the clouds -
When the sun went down
Over holy ground

On the eve of communion - I had to turn away
I could not drink my portion - when the cup was passed my way
The father said to me - You'll be the only one -
You'll be the only one / that's left behind

Nine hundred children - gathered in the night
For the father said he'd take them to the everlasting light
They were the lonely ones - the lonely ones / he could not leave behind

The father gave commandments
I could not understand
He said that self-destruction
Would heal the souls of man
That death was our deliverance
In an everlasting land
That dying cures the soul -
I could not / I could not / understand

Holy, holy ground
Lonely, lonely sound
Angels falling down
Lonely, lonely sound

Can't find my way / can't find my way / can't find my way / can't find my way
I can't find my way back to Heaven no more
I did not know that my salvation - would also be my crime
So, I'm the only one - the only one that's left behind
So, I'm the only one - the only one that's left behind

Can't find my way / can't find my way / can't find my way