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HEAVEN’S OFF

One April Evening, oh he thought about leaving
For California, or just away from here
Oh, he didn't want to grieve them; how he hated to bereave them
But better, still, to leave them, than leave them living in fear

He was born a soldier, and he found when he got older
He didn't have the shoulder, ah, but he had the head
Oh, he went and told his daddy, and he said, "My Patti,
I'm so glad I had thee; I’ll love ye 'til I'm dead

And heaven's off somewhere
Far away from those who care
And I intend we'll meet each other there

Since you we're younger, I knew the day might come, ah
I'd have ye run, ah, far away from here
I know I don't need to warn ya - they'll be coming for ya
But when you get re-born, ya send a picture of ya, dear"

He got a tattoo of a pistol, on his way out of Bristol
And he crossed the big river - goodbye, to Tennessee
Well, of course there was some trouble - when you break someone's bubble...
But he kept his heart supple, and his spirit free

And heaven's off somewhere
Far away from those who care
And I intend we'll meet each other there

Always something of a rover, and the road's not over
And he's always becoming, all that he can be
He was never militarily, but a soldier, verily
And with his new name, well he sent that picture to me

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from Heaven's Off EP, April 2023, released April 7, 2023
Written, played, sung, recorded, and sort-of mixed and mastered in a few hours, by Ted Leo

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