Story Behind The Song
Lately, I've been thinkin' about heaven.
Song Description
Well, maybe heaven will have its downside.
Song Length |
5:22 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Country - Alternative |
Tempo |
Non 4/4 |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Serene |
Subject |
Life, Heaven |
Similar Artists |
Lyle Lovett |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
1
Lately, I?ve been thinking about heaven, and the friends who?ve all gone away,
To their heavenly home, where the buffalo roam, and the malls are not crowded all day.
But there?s other folks up there in heaven, inside of those pearly-gate walls.
And frankly, I?d rather not see them. That?s assuming I make it at all.
[CHORUS]
Lord, put me on the Southside of Heaven, where the livin? is still a bit hard,
Across silvery tracks, with a gold Cadillac up on blocks in my neighbor?s front yard.
2
Well, I won?t be seeing many politicians, ?cause they won?t be there, we all know,
Or that slick young televangelist fella who got off with my grandma?s dough.
But I?ll probably run into Aunt Rosie, and she?s someone I?m dreading to see.
She was a saint since birth, but even on earth she could talk for an eternity.
[CHORUS]
3
Most of all, I don?t want to see Annie. She was the angel of my teenage dreams.
But we never could keep it together. We kept coming apart at the seams.
But I could not stand to be near her and not touch her as the ages will roll.
So, let me live on a street paved with copper, far away from her street paved with gold.
[CHORUS]