It May Be Hell Gettin' Old(But It's Heaven...)

[good4somethingbum]

It May Be Hell Gettin’ Old(But It’s Heaven When You Die)It’d only been four months since he was diagnosedBut he’d faded in those white sheets like a feeble ghostWhen poor gramma passed on last year he sure took it badBut I know it’s better she didn’t see him like that He knew what I was thinkin’ by what I didn’t sayHis breath carried these words as it slipped away“I was dancin’ with my sweetheart just before Pearl HarborTwo weeks later I was showin’ her picture to the army barberAfter all those years when we were pushin’ eightyI’d move the coffee table and jitterbug with my ladyWhy would forever be in lover’s heartsIf the Good Lord couldn’t take us that farSo I know me n her will dance on air bye and byeCos it may be hell gettin’ old but it’s heaven when you die”In my granpa’s mem’ries I could hear the march of timeAnd my own heart knew my footsteps ain’t that far behindMy wife rubs my neck a little longer after workAnd I squint more and more at the hymnal down at churchAs I stared off in the distance he just looked at meKnowing I was lost in carnivals of memoryMe n my best girl were dancin’ fast to Alan JacksonTwo months later I was shippin’ out expectin’ actionEv’ry night I’d lay in that sand and hold my weaponBut I was back home with her-a-laughin’ and two-steppin’Why would forever be in lover’s heartsIf the Good Lord couldn’t take us that farSo I know me n her will dance on air bye and byeCos it may be hell gettin’ old but it’s heaven when you dieThen granpa closed his eyes and saw paradiseCos why would forever be in lover’s heartsIf the Good Lord couldn’t take us that farSo I know him n her will dance on air in the skyCos it may be hell gettin’ old but it’s heaven when you die©2007 Robert George

[sgs4u]

wow, you've done it again thx, I'm a wreck now

[good4somethingbum]

thanks Steve...I wasn't even gonna write this afternoon but I was listening to a little Bruce and it just rolled out.

[bc]

Well done Robert. You've taken a familiar theme and displayed fresh and poignant images. One of my favs.bc

[good4somethingbum]

thanks Brian.