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Almost Heaven

from Every Lonesome Road by Dave Laurence

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lyrics

Her Daddy was a Mountaineer,
drove the rains until they brought him home.
In between from there to here,
he rode the rails from first light ‘til the gloam.
He built a home on a mountainside, and he raised up a family,
Daddy was a good man, that can’t be denied,
but Daddy doesn’t have much use for me.

‘Cause Daddy’s got a baby girl
whose big bright eyes send fire down the line.
I saw them from another world,
and I knew I had to make them mine.
The fire led me to a place so beautiful I had to pause,
Almost as beautiful as her sweet face,
so I asked her, I asked her where she was.
She said, ‘Almost heaven,’ in a voice so sweet and low,
Almost heaven, I think I’m gonna go.

In a valley west of the Shenandoah,
waits the girl with the big bright fiery eyes.
The ones that set my face aglow,
to ignore them would only be unwise.
I need to harness that precious fire
and let it fill my world somehow,
No denying she’s who I desire,
and my thoughts are straying there right now.
To almost heaven, she’s sleeping peacefully,
Almost heaven, tonight she dreams of me.

And while she sleeps on that mountain, I lie awake on this prairie,
A few more days, and I’m counting
Until that fire comes to carry me away, carry me away,
To almost heaven, can’t wait another night,
Almost heaven, I’m following the light.

Climbing up that Blue Ridge hill,
hand in hand, we’ll watch the rising sun,
Coming down I know I will
tell the girl that she’s the only one.
Her precious eyes will fill my cup with all the fire that I can hold,
Make love beneath the stars where she grew up,
and her passion will sanctify my soul.
It’s almost heaven, you know it feels so right,
Almost heaven, close enough for tonight.

Copyright © 2012 David L. Laurence (BMI). ​​Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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from Every Lonesome Road, released December 21, 2012
Chris Finney - drums
DL - everything else

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Folksy, but rock solid. Soft with a hard edge. Eclectic, yet familiar. Unpretentious, but confident. Buys his stage clothes in thrift shops.

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