Almost Like Heaven - The Merrymen

There's an angel in the window On a West Virginia church door swinging open And he's pointing to the exit sign Said, "You'll never walk on water If you wait until the river's frozen over In the Shenandoah summer" Well, it was almost heaven Choir singing in robes of white It was almost heaven Lovers laying side by side but When we reach forever Will there be a place where you and I may find home? So I keep a candle burning And I pray to see that Saint I knew for certain But it's just my own reflection now And that silhouette in the window Is the shape of someone I don't quite remember Dancing in the fire Well, it was almost heaven Choir singing in robes of white It was almost heaven Lovers laying side by side but When we reach forever Will there be a place where you and I may find home? In heaven I'll make a room for you If you stay, you'll rise on me now Lover, you can lean on me Love, I can lift you higher Said, I'm making a room for you Will you keep your eyes on me now? Lover, lean on me Love, I can lift you higher Oh, I can lift you higher, oh And it was almost heaven (choir singing in robes of white) It was almost heaven (lovers laying side by side) Oh, when we reach forever Will there be a place where you and I may find home? In heaven Make our home in heaven

Once in every life ... someone comes along, And you came to me ... it was almost like a song. You were in my heart ... right where you belong, And we were so in love ... it was almost like a song. Chorus: January through December ... we had such a perfect year, Then the flames became a dying ember ... All at once you weren't here. Now my broken heart ... cries for you each night, And it's almost like a song ... but it's much too sad to write. (SOLO) Now my broken heart ... cries for you each night, And it's almost like a song ... but it's much to sad to write ... Much too sad to write.

Heaven is closer now today The sound is in my ears I can't believe the things you say They echo what I fear Twisting the bones until they snap I scream but no one knows You say I'm familiar, cold to touch And then you turn and go Feels like heaven Feels like heaven See how we planned for saddened eyes And tears to pave the way I fought the fever as I knew My hair returned to gray Study your face and fade the frame Too close for comfort now We can recall the harmony That lingered, but turned sour Feels like heaven Feels like heaven You wanted all I had to give See me, I feel See me, I live (whoa-oh) Feels like heaven (Heaven is closer, Heaven is closer) Feels like heaven (Heaven is closer, Heaven is closer) Feels like heaven (Heaven is closer, Heaven is closer) Feels like heaven (Heaven is closer, Heaven is closer) Feels like heaven (Heaven is closer, Heaven is closer)

Written in graffiti on a bridge in a park Do you ever get the feeling that you're missing the mark? It's so cold, it's so cold It's so cold, it's so cold Written up in marker on a factory sign I struggle with the feeling that my life isn't mine It's so cold, it's so cold It's so cold, it's so cold See the arrow that they shot, trying to tear us apart Take the fire from my belly and the beat from my heart Still I won't let go Still I won't let go You 'Cause you do Oh, you use your heart as a weapon And it hurts like heaven On every street, every car, every surface are names Tonight the streets are ours, and we're writing and singing Don't let them take control No, we won't let them take control Yes, I feel a little bit nervous Yes, I feel nervous, and I cannot relax How come they're out to get us? How come they're out when they don't know the facts? So on a concrete canvas under cover of dark On a concrete canvas, I'll go making my mark Armed with a spray can soul I'll be armed with a spray can soul You Oh, you 'Cause you use your heart as a weapon And it hurts like heaven (Whoa, oh) (Whoa, oh) It's true When you use your heart as a weapon That it hurts like heaven Oh, it hurts like heaven

Anyday now i will hear you say Goodbye my love And you'll be on your way Then my wild beautiful bird You would haveflown, ooh Anyday now i'll be all alone, whoa Anyday now when my restless eyes Meet someone new Oh to my sad surprise Then the blue shadows will fall All over town, whoa Anyday now love will let you down, whoa Oh my beautiful bird you'd have flown oh Anyday now i'll be al