Lyrics
[Verse]
Married you on a Tuesday morning
Said we'd take whatever came
Little house and a garden growing
Nothing fancy, just your name
Thirty years of Sunday dinners
Thirty years I don't regret
[Chorus]
Lord, I never needed heaven
Not while she was still right here
Guess I had it all along
In every laugh, in every year
You were my heaven on earth
Before you ever had to leave
Now you're walking streets of gold and Lord, it's hard to believe
I traded paradise for memory
That's a hard, hard trade
You were my heaven on earth
Now you're an angel God has made
[Verse]
I still make coffee for two people
Still set the table wrong on purpose
Some habits love just won't let go
Some habits I don't want cured
Neighbors say it's time to move on
I tell 'em love don't work that way
[Chorus]
Lord, I never needed heaven
Not while she was still right here
Guess I had it all along
In every laugh, in every year
You were my heaven on earth
Before you ever had to leave
Now you're walking streets of gold and Lord, it's hard to believe
I traded paradise for memory
That's a hard, hard trade
You were my heaven on earth
Now you're an angel God has made
[Bridge]
Lord, they say that heaven's perfect, streets of gold and endless light
But I found my own kind of heaven
In a woman dressed in white
Thirty years of ordinary
Turned out to be holy ground
[Chorus]
You were my heaven on earth
Before you ever had to leave
Now you're walking streets of gold and Lord, it's hard to believe
I traded paradise for memory
That's a hard, hard trade
You were my heaven on earth
Lord, now you're an angel God has made