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

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 talked

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

Tell 'em we'd be back in a couple of days

In the rear view mirror we'd all watch him wave

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 ninety nine

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 fifty three

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 talked

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

Tell him we'd be back in a couple of days

In the rear view mirror we'd all watch him wave

Yeah 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