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

Theres a piece of his old fruit stand on the side of Sawmill Road

Hed be there peelin peaches if it was twenty years ago

And what I wouldnt give
To ride around in that old truck with him
If heaven wasnt so far away
Id pack up the kids and go for the day
Introduce them to their grandpa
Watch em laugh at the way he talks
Id find my long lost cousin John
The one we left back in Vietnam
Show him a picture of his daughter now
Shes a doctor and hed be proud
Then tell him wed be back in a couple of days
In the rear view mirror wed all watch em wave
Yeah and losing them wouldnt be so hard to take
If heaven wasnt so far away
Id hug all three of those girls we lost from the class of 99
And Id find my old bird dog Bo and take him huntin one more time
Id 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
Itd do me good just to see them smile

If heaven wasnt so far away
Id pack up the kids and go for the day
Introduce them to their grandpa
Watch em laugh at the way he talks
Id find my long lost cousin John
The one we left back in Vietnam
Show him a picture of his daughter now
Shes a doctor and hed be proud
Thentell him wed be back in a couple of days

In the rear view mirror wed all watch em wave

Yeah and losing them wouldnt be so hard to take
If heaven wasnt so far
If heaven wasnt so far
If heaven wasnt so far away

So far away

So far away