ONCE YOU’VE BEEN TO HEAVEN

(Written by Jeff Ridler)

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ONE DAY WHILE CHATTING WITH THIS FELLOW

WHO HAD SOME YEARS ON ME

TALKING ABOUT THIS OR THAT … HE SAID SOMETHING TO ME

IT’S SURE I DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING AND DON’T MEAN TO INTRUDE

BUT I’D ESTIMATE YOUNG MAN …

I COULD SAY … WHAT YOUR GOING THROUGH

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HE SAID “I’M NOT A DICTIONARY, A SCHOLAR OR A SAINT

BUT I’VE BEEN AROUND THIS OLD WORLD

AND THE STORIES ON YOUR FACE

WITH WHAT YOU HAVE AND HAVEN’T SAID

OR CUZ I’VE BEEN THERE TOO

MAYBE THAT’S THE REASON … I CAN SAY …

WHAT YOUR GOING THROUGH

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LIKE ONCE YOU’VE BEEN TO HEAVEN

NOTHING ELSE ON EARTH WILL DO

WHEN YOU FOUND AND LOST TRUE LOVE

WHAT’S THERE LEFT TO DO…?

TRYING NOT TO REMEMBER AIN’T SO EASY TO DO

CUZ ONCE YOU’VE BEEN TO HEAVEN

NOTHING ELSE ON EARTH WILL DO

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THERE WE SAT A COUPLE OF STRANGERS

ON THE COBBLESTONES OF LIFE …

COMMON THREADS WERE MORE THAN

JUST OUR ROCKS WERE MADE OF ICE

OUR THRONES HAD TURNED TO BAR STOOLS

AND OUR ANTHEM WAS A VOW

THINKING ONLY IF WE’D KNOWN BACK THEN …

WHAT WE KNOW NOW.

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Jeff Ridler (BMI)

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