HEAVEN song lyrics
by Joel Sattler

I circled the Circle like an eagle
had a whiff of some illegal
danced a little to the bongos
some doing something wrong-o

ran into a friend from Lincoln
didn't know what we were thinking
cruised the bars looking for women
spent the night laughing and drinking

and after 20 years went by
I looked back to the then and I
guess I finally realized
that that was heaven

I was playing in the back yard
with my stuff inside the sandbox
with my trucks and planes and toy car
and a pile of picked carefully rocks

I must have been no more than seven
played from breakfast till eleven
in for lunch and out for baseball
I didn't know I was in heaven

after 40 years went by
at last I finally realized
that that was heaven

Heaven is a state of mind
heaven is so hard to find
if you wait until you're dead
you might as well have stayed in bed
Heaven is nothing to fear
heaven is all you hold dear
heaven is so very clear
heaven waits for you right here

and finally I was a man
and I came to understand
to have my family all around me
was better than any memory

when life is good you gotta know it
gotta stop and smell the roses
I know it sounds corny and sappy
but pay attention when you're happy

Heaven is a state of mind
heaven is so hard to find
if you wait until you're dead
you might as well have stayed in bed
Heaven is nothing to fear
heaven is all you hold dear
heaven is so very clear
heaven waits for you right here


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