Heaven Ain't Ready For You Yet Lyrics - Emmylou Harris

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" 

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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 

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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