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Piece Of Heaven
J. P. Riemens (2005)

When I was a young man,
I took off down that highway,
I was headed off to Sault Saint Marie with heaven on my mind,
The highway kept on rolling,
I had know way of knowing,
If heaven was around the bend or somewhere down the line,

The line made a stop in Winnepeg,
I ended up in a strangers bed,
And I sang in the streets every song in my head,
And she held me in her arms,
There's a piece of heaven for you now

When I was a baby,
I dreamt I was a sailor,
Sailing on a lonely sea, just me, and I would cry,
My mama didn't think twice,
She'd bundle me up real tight,
And take me for a car ride and everything would be alright

Now I'm back on the road,
West of the river,
Where the land is bigger than the sky is high,
The sun is setting like a lipstick sliver,
On a golden field, so bright,
There's a piece of heave for you now

I stood on a mountain,
Walked in the valley,
I got beach tar on my feet, salt water in my hair,
Nothing ever felt more right,
Standing on a roadside,
Knowing that the next ride could take me anywhere

When I get home I'll tell my stories,
To the souls caught up in this old town,
There's an all night party down by the river,
Where any lost soul can be found,
There's a piece of heaven for you now,
There's a piece of heaven for you now,

Oh, Isabella, princess of the plain,
Sail me 'cross your river to your endless fields of grain,
Oh, Alberta, closer to the sky,
Bright blue water, like the diamonds in your eyes,
Salt water shimmers, through the redwoods to the bay,
Tonight, I''l be dreaming,

In the cool Vancouver rain