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Behind the Song
This song sprang to life from an idea. My working title was “Enlightenment Lost” — the idea was those to contrast those moments when you feel at peace with the ensuing moments when the world breaks in and you’re brought back to earth. I ended up writing a monologue in which a character unpacks this idea. Someday I might record that.
But I realized I covered some of that ground in my song “Perfect Day” (which I relecently performed live but haven’t published on this site yet).
So I wanted to take a different appraoch. I heard the words “I found heaven but I lost it. Picked it up, but I must have dropped it. Guess I had a hole in my pocket.” I liked it, it tickled me, like the whimsical feel.
I expanded on that and made it into a love song. That’s what you’ll hear today.
Lyrics
I'm just a simple man most of the time I'm happy with my brand of beer, I don't try new wines I'm not the one on top, but I'm doin' fine the stars and moon can stay just where they are but heaven came a knocking and I wish I'd been away 'cause heaven came and found me but heaven, heaven, heaven -- heaven didn't stay. I found heaven but I lost it yeah, yeah I picked it up but I musta dropped it yeah, yeah guess I had a hole in my pocket yeah, yeah Heaven came for me today but heaven didn't stay yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah heaven didn't stay yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah heaven didn't stay yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah heaven didn't stay yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I never had much use for inner peace the only balance I seek is stayin' on my feet just a little sunshine is all I need I wouldn't know how to live above the clouds but heaven came a knocking and I wish I'd been away 'cause heaven came and found me but heaven, heaven, heaven -- heaven didn't stay. I found heaven but I lost it yeah, yeah I picked it up but I musta dropped it yeah, yeah guess I had a hole in my pocket yeah, yeah Heaven came for me today but heaven didn't stay yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah heaven didn't stay yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah heaven didn't stay yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah heaven didn't stay yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah You don't have to warn me from greeed no, no, no I know the kinda thorns grow from that seed yeah, yeah give me glass, not diamon instead of marble, give me stone something I can use to build a simple, sturdy home Yeah, I'm lookin' for love, but I don't need bliss just someone to hold at night and share a kiss just someone to need and someone to miss I don't have to hear the angels sing but heaven came a knocking and I wish I'd been away 'cause heaven came and found me but heaven, heaven, heaven -- heaven didn't stay. I found heaven but I lost it yeah, yeah I picked it up but I musta dropped it yeah, yeah guess I had a hole in my pocket yeah, yeah Heaven came for me today but heaven didn't stay yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah heaven didn't stay yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah heaven didn't stay yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah heaven didn't stay yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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