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 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
'EM WAVE
YEAH AND LOSIN'
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
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 AWHILE
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 'EM
TO THEIR GRANDPA
WATCH 'EM LAUGH AT
THE WAY HE'D TALK
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
'EM WAVE
YEAH AND LOSIN'
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