| The Jew was new | 
| He didn’t know what to do | 
| The Arab stayed cool | 
| And just stood there, too | 
| The black man said, «Hey, man | 
| Ah, won’t you tell us some of the rules | 
| 'Cause we all come from the same place | 
| And we’ve all paid some dues» | 
| How do you get to Heaven? | 
| Is it somethin' that we’ve done? | 
| Or is it because we’re different from you | 
| That you tell us we can’t come? | 
| How do you get to Heaven? | 
| Is it somethin' that we’ve done? | 
| Or is it because we’re different from you | 
| That you tell us we can’t come? | 
| China man, he stood there | 
| With a rice bowl in his hand | 
| The Indian he stood there, too | 
| Lookin' at his Promised Land | 
| And the black man said, «Hey, man | 
| Ah, won’t you tell us some of the rules | 
| 'Cause we all come from the same place | 
| And we’ve all paid some dues» | 
| How do you get to Heaven? | 
| Is it somethin' that we’ve done? | 
| Or is it because we’re different from you | 
| That you tell us we can’t come? | 
| How do you get to Heaven? | 
| Is it somethin' that we’ve done? | 
| Or is it because we’re different from you | 
| That you tell us we can’t come? | 
| You can pray to Jehovah | 
| You put up, oh, your guru | 
| Makes no difference to me, man | 
| Who you wanna pray to | 
| Long as you remember | 
| It ain’t what you do but the way you do | 
| And to do unto others | 
| As you’d have them do to you | 
| How do you get to Heaven? | 
| Is it somethin' that we’ve done? | 
| Or is it because we’re different from you | 
| That you tell us we can’t come? | 
| How do you get to Heaven? | 
| Is it somethin' that we’ve done? | 
| Or is it because we’re different from you | 
| That you tell us we can’t come? | 
| How do you get to Heaven? | 
| Is it somethin' that we’ve done? | 
| Or is it because we’re different from you | 
| That you tell us we can’t come? | 
| How do you get to Heaven? | 
| Is it somethin' that we’ve done? | 
| Or is it because we’re different from you | 
| That you tell us we can’t come? |