Story Behind The Song

I got the idea for this song when a buddy of mine told me the best baseball player he ever saw was in high school in Indiana. It turns out that the player (Kevin Yagelski) died in 1986 at the age of 21. I started thinking about him playing baseball in H

Song Description

this is a song about all of the talent in heaven

Lyrics

I had a dream I was walking in Heaven, floating around in the clouds/Sun was shining and old people smiling and little kids laughing out loud/I turned a corner and I found an old friend and he asked me how life was below/He said "please tell my dad for me, don't be sad for me, it's not that bad here you know"

In Heaven the angels all have tickets
for the new movie coming out starring James Dean
And Janis and Jimi and Ronnie Van Zant just formed a new rock and roll band
It's a hell of a party they're throwing in heaven tonight

He took my hand and he led me around and I noticed the look on his face/ And I knew as I studied the peace and the calm that this really was some better place/ I thought about it for a minute or two and I finally figured out why/It's cuz noone is lonely and noone's afraid and noone is waiting to die

In Heaven John Lennon's still making music
And Dale Earnhardt's still taking checkered flags
In Heaven the towers are standing, and no soldier's ever unknown
It's a hell of a party they're throwing in Heaven tonight

When I awoke with the sun in my eyes I sat there alone in my bed
I moved to the window and looked to the skies as his words were still there in my head

In Heaven Marilyn's not just a poster
And Jack Kerouac is still out there on the road
And Kevin Yagelski's the best centerfielder that noone on earth's ever seen
It's a hell of a party they're throwing in Heaven tonight

And Janis and Jimi and Kurt Cobain
just formed a new rock and roll band
It's a hell of a party they're throwing in Heaven tonight