Three Miles Past Heaven [Verse 1] I was running on empty With a Bible on the dash A little bit of mercy And a whole lot of past I had whiskey in my bloodstream And a prayer I couldn’t say Till I saw her standing barefoot At the end of County Way [Pre-Chorus] She said, “You look like somebody Who’s been searching all his life” I said, “Maybe I was waiting For somebody like you to arrive” [Chorus] Three miles past Heaven Down a road nobody knows Where the stars hang low enough You can almost touch their glow Where the angels quit counting And the wildflowers grow Yeah, that’s where she took my hand And that’s where I let go Three miles past Heaven Where the lost finally come home [Verse 2] There was an old wooden mailbox With the number barely showing A little house beside the river And a garden she was growing She said, “You don’t have to tell me Every place you’ve ever been” Then she kissed me like forgiveness And I never looked back again [Pre-Chorus] Now the years roll like a freight train And the river still runs wild But every morning feels like Sunday When she wakes up by my side [Chorus] Three miles past Heaven Down a road nobody knows Where the stars hang low enough You can almost touch their glow Where the angels quit counting And the wildflowers grow Yeah, that’s where she took my hand And that’s where I let go Three miles past Heaven Where the lost finally come home [Bridge] Maybe Heaven ain’t a mansion Maybe Heaven ain’t a gate Maybe it’s a second chance That shows up running late Maybe God puts certain people In the middle of your road And if you’re lucky enough to find them You never have to go [Verse 3] Now my hair is turning silver And her hands have lines of time There’s a rocking chair beside her And another one beside mine When she asks me where I’m going I just smile and say, “You know” Then I point beyond the river Three miles down that road [Final Chorus] Three miles past Heaven Down a road nobody knows Where the stars hang low enough You can almost touch their glow Where the angels quit counting And the wildflowers grow If there’s a place beyond forever That’s where I wanna go Three miles past Heaven Where the lost finally come home [Outro] Three miles past Heaven Where the river bends just right She’ll be waiting there beside me Like she was that first night And I’ll thank God for the miles And every wrong turn I took ’Cause three miles past Heaven Is where Heaven finally looked like you
