If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away

Every day I drive to work across Flint River bridge
 A hundred yards from the spot where me and grandpa
 Fished
 There's a piece of his old fruit stand on the side of
 Sawmill Road
 He'd be there peelin' peaches if it was twenty years ago
 And what I wouldn't give
 To ride around in that old truck with him
 If heaven wasn't so far away
 I'd pack up the kids and go for the day
 Introduce them to their grandpa
 Watch 'em laugh at the way he talks
 I'd find my long lost cousin John
 The one we left back in Vietnam
 Show him a picture of his daughter now
 She's a doctor and he'd be proud
 Then tell him we'd be back in a couple of days
 In the rear view mirror we'd all watch 'em wave
 Yeah, and losing them wouldn't be so hard to take
 If heaven wasn't so far away
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 I'd hug all three of those girls we lost from the class of '99
 And I'd find my bird dog Bo
 And take him huntin' one more time
 I'd ask Hank why he took those pills back in '53
 And Janis to sing the second verse of "Me and Bobby McGee"
 Sit on a cloud and visit for a while
 It'd do me good just to see them smile
 If heaven wasn't so far away
 I'd pack up the kids and go for the day
 Introduce them to their grandpa
 Watch 'em laugh at the way he talks
 I'd find my long lost cousin John
 The one we left back in Vietnam
 Show him a picture of his daughter now
 She's a doctor and he'd be proud
 Then tell him we'd be back in a couple of days
 In the rear view mirror we'd all watch 'em wave
 Yeah, and losing them wouldn't be so hard to take
 If heaven wasn't so far
 If heaven wasn't so far
 If heaven wasn't so far away
 So far away
 So far away
 
 Every day I drive to work across Flint River bridge
 A hundred yards from the spot where me and grandpa
 Fished
 There's a piece of his old fruit stand on the side of
 Sawmill Road
 He'd be there peelin' peaches if it was twenty years ago
 And what I wouldn't give
 To ride around in that old truck with him
 If heaven wasn't so far away
 I'd pack up the kids and go for the day
 Introduce them to their grandpa
 Watch 'em laugh at the way he talks
 I'd find my long lost cousin John
 The one we left back in Vietnam
 Show him a picture of his daughter now
 She's a doctor and he'd be proud
 Then tell him we'd be back in a couple of days
 In the rear view mirror we'd all watch 'em wave
 Yeah, and losing them wouldn't be so hard to take
 If heaven wasn't so far away
 ♪
 I'd hug all three of those girls we lost from the class of '99
 And I'd find my bird dog Bo
 And take him huntin' one more time
 I'd ask Hank why he took those pills back in '53
 And Janis to sing the second verse of "Me and Bobby McGee"
 Sit on a cloud and visit for a while
 It'd do me good just to see them smile
 If heaven wasn't so far away
 I'd pack up the kids and go for the day
 Introduce them to their grandpa
 Watch 'em laugh at the way he talks
 I'd find my long lost cousin John
 The one we left back in Vietnam
 Show him a picture of his daughter now
 She's a doctor and he'd be proud
 Then tell him we'd be back in a couple of days
 In the rear view mirror we'd all watch 'em wave
 Yeah, and losing them wouldn't be so hard to take
 If heaven wasn't so far
 If heaven wasn't so far
 If heaven wasn't so far away
 So far away
 So far away