Lyrics

“I hope I go to heaven”

VERSE
Arthur, Peg and Miriam... Shana, Bill and Tim
Mary and my Uncle Ken... and John, we all loved him
These souls are all long gone now but they still live with me
I’d like to see them face to face... not just memories

CHORUS
I hope I go to heaven to see my old friends there
The people I’ve been missing ever since they left me here
My grandma and my grandpa, Aunt Ruth and sweet Christine
And beautiful little Mia... killed at seventeen

SECOND VERSE
Forests full of silence... swimming in the sea
It’s a whole lot harder now to find what used to be
Fishing in a river that became a housing tract
We still call it progress and we can’t take it back

SECOND CHORUS
I hope I go to heaven to see what there’s to see
Maybe I’ll need new glasses so it all seems clear to me
I hope I go to heaven but how will the music sound?
What kinds of tunes does God like... when the angels aren’t around?

THIRD VERSE
Strangers you could talk to, buses you could ride
No one locked their door at night, kids were safe outside
Pot luck dinners at the church, baseball after school
Little joys that don’t exist, there’s no more Golden Rule

THIRD CHORUS
I hope I go to heaven, there’ll be a lot to do
Seeing the un-seeable and catching up with you
I hope I go to heaven, please let it be on my way
And if I finally get there... I hope they let me stay

Blue Dyno Music (Copyright Music & Lyrics 2017 Mark D. Johnson)