Everything is shinin' and surrounded by light
In this rows of halos, like stars in the night
Sidewalks paved with diamonds up on Hallelujah Boulevard
I saw it on the tv and it looked so clean
Like some enchanted island like you stepped into a dream
I see those lights a shinin' up on Hallelujah Boulevard
Now soap-box preacher with his bus load of faith
Fueled by his religion is gonna charge thru the gates
Don't slow down til he reaches Hallelujah Boulevard
We don't need a miracle we don't need nothin' but ourselves
A boy walks the streets and he should be in school
Gold chains around his neck but no golden rule
Says: "he'll do what he has to do, to get to Hallelujah Boulevard"
Homeless junkie knows he's home at last knows he'll never have to watch
another rich white man pss and he see's those white lights shinin' up on Hallelujah Boulevard
Is that a sword in your side or just a thorn?
Do we tear ourselves apart just to know we are torn, so we can grow fore-lorn?
Are we climbing a mountain that's not even there
Building a rocket ship that runs on hopes and prayers
Tryin' to leave this world behind in search of Hallelujah Boulevard
We don't need a miracle
We don't need a miracle
We don't need a miracle
We just need and we don't need nothin' but ourselves