Emmylou Harris Heaven Ain`t Ready For You Yet Lyrics

Heaven Ain`t Ready For You Yet Lyrics

When they carried you into the parlor

Your wounds were the worst I'd seen

Cold as snow, your body trembled

Cradled in the arms of morphine



All the kinfolk cried out loud

"Good Shepherd, save this man"

But you whispered with icy breath

"It is not in His hands," and you said



"Heaven ain't ready for me yet"

And you looked at me

"Give me your heart and take a bet"

And you held my hand

"Now I've seen your face, now that we've met

I shall not slip away"



Mama said to me, "Daughter

You must nurse your cousin well"

So I cared for you through days and nights

But your fever, I did not quell



For weeks I watched you suffer pain

That no laudanum could ease

All I had left to do is pray

"Lord have mercy on him please", and you said



"Heaven ain't ready for me yet"

And you looked at me

"Give me your heart and take a bet"

And you held my hand

"Now I've seen your face, now that we've met

I shall not slip away"



Now winter's lights has cooled the air

At last your strength's returned

You talk to me of the life you spent

And of the life you've earned



You'll waste no time on vengeance

You've no wish to fight again

"To find peace," you say, "In God we trust

But little faith in man"



Heaven ain't ready for you yet, Jesse

I'll give you my heart and I'll take a bet, Jesse

Now I've seen your face, now that we've met

I shall not slip away