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 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 smi..le
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
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 awa......y