ON EARTH AS IT IS IN AUSTIN

ON EARTH AS IT IS IN AUSTIN

I HAD THIS DREAM ABOUT WILLIE AND ME SINGING AMAZING GRACE
ON THE GRAND OL’ OPRY STAGE
IN THAT HUNDRED YEAR OLD HALLOWED PLACE
AT THE END OF THE SONG WE TALKED OF THE DAMAGE
LIFE ON THIS PLANET IS COSTIN’
WE BOWED OUR HEADS AND PRAYED FOR GRACE
ON EARTH AS IT IS IN AUSTIN

THEN WE GOT ON HIS BUS PARKED OUT BACK
MADE OUR WAY DOWN TO MEMPHIS
I SHOWED HIM THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN JESUS AND ELVIS
HE PICKED UP HIS OLD GUITAR PLAYED LOVE ME TENDER
WHILE I SAT AND LISTENED
HE SAID ONE DAY THE KING WOULD BRING
PEACE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN AUSTIN

WE CROSSED OKLAHOMA INTO TEXAS
JUST AS THE SUN WAS GOIN’ DOWN
STOPPED FOR SOME BEER AND A MEXICAN MEAL
IN THIS QUIET LITTLE ONE HORSE TOWN
JUST WILLIE AND ME IN THAT TINY CANTINA
TWO OLD FRIENDS REMINISCING’
THEN WE WROTE THIS SONG CALLED
NO PLACE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN AUSTIN

WHEN I WOKE UP I COULD STILL HEAR THE SOUND
OF WILLIE’S VOICE IN MY HEAD
I LAYED IN MY BED REAL STILL
AND THOUGHT ABOUT EVERY WORD HE HAD SAID
EVEN THO IT WAS ONLY A DREAM THAT I HAD BEEN LOST IN
IT MADE MY LIFE MORE WORTHWHILE
HERE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN AUSTIN
YES EVEN THO IT WAS ONLY A DREAM THAT I HAD BEEN LOST IN
IT MADE MY LIFE MORE WORTHWHILE
HERE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN AUSTIN

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12/5/2012 Delta from London to Minneapolis