This Ain’t Heaven Songtext
von Jeff Beadle

I woke in the arms of two angels in flight
And the dogs they were barking and the birds they were shy
I was overwhelmed by the darkness and the screams
I was brought down at once to my knees
I was good to my kids and I ironed my clothes
I kept tabs on my mother and my brother′s newborn
I was as good a man as the next one you know
So why am I out here tethered by the throat?

This ain't heaven, this ain′t heaven
This ain't Shangri-La
This ain't the way I thought heaven would be
Thank the Lord for the war and the crook in the cord
This ain′t the way I thought heaven would be
We were all riled up over nothing
It seems this ain′t the way I thought heaven would be


It's so cold where I′m stationed
There's no color in my eyes
There is a black pearly ocean off the coast
I see fire, see I love my old lady
I love my shotguns and tools
I was a hunter, a fighter, a mule

This ain′t heaven, this ain't heaven
This ain′t Shangri-La
This ain't the way I thought heaven would be
We were all riled up over nothing
And it seems this ain't the way I thought heaven would be

I still remember the look in her eyes
On the night that my old body died
Shaking shivers as I graze the timber
And I cruise past the earth′s great divides

This ain′t heaven, this ain't heaven
This ain′t Shangri-La
This ain't the way I thought heaven would be
Thank the Lord for the war and the crook in the cord
This ain′t the way I thought heaven would be
We were all riled up over nothing
And it seems this ain't the way I thought heaven would be