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12 Miles To Heaven
All Words and Music By : Stewart Alexander


The night was cold, the city wet
Near the park where we first met
She never wanted much from life
To be a mother to be a wife

Candles gone the flowers dead
Around the fence still stained in red
Sunday nights were always dark
She touched my soul and left her mark

12 miles to heaven
Where the light will show the way
12 miles to heaven
Where forever is a day

The preachers said, that she’s with God
I never knew such pain could take
The blood and skin and make then sob
The driver drunk he did that job

What can I do to reach the start
Live the days and take her part
The gentle souls they tend to pass
Swiftly like the fountain grass