Intro: Verse: 1 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 Verse: 2 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 Verse: 3 N.C. 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 Verse: 4 N.C. I got dirt beneath my feet N.C 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 Ending Before I go upstairs Before you go upstairs Oh, before we go upstairs Before I go upstairs