The Valley of His Dreams / It Doesn't Get Better Than This - John Williamson

Now, three score years and ten

He has earned the time

To putter in the garden

Time to plant potatoes

Time to plant some beans

The butcher bird is waiting

She knows what this means

Old boy takes a break

Spreads honey on some bread

The butcherbird is busy

Makin' sure her worm is dead

Old boy doesn’t close his eyes to imagine anymore

He is home at last

What he’s been wishin' for

He is so peaceful

So happy, he could scream

Livin' in the valley

The valley of his dreams

Why does it take so long

To put your fate on the ground?

The old boy is thinkin'

He took the long way around

But it’s been his dream time

It’s where he’s always been

The butcherbird says it all

Sweeter than a violin

Now, three score years and ten

He has earned the time

To putter in the garden

He’ll be pickin' chillies

He’ll be makin' chili oil

Goin' back to be the man

A man of the soil

He is so peaceful (Oh, yeah)

So happy, he could scream

Livin' in the valley (Mmm)

The valley of his dreams

Why does it take so long

To put your fate on the ground?

The old boy is thinkin'

He took the long way around

But it’s been his dream time

It’s where he’s always been

The butcherbird says it all

Sweeter than a violin

I have hopes, and I have a plan

I need your love and I need your hand

To help me through the future that I see

Call me obsessed, call me mad

You’re the best woman I’ve ever had

You’re the one to share the valley with me

I don’t believe there’s anything else

It doesn’t get better than this

I’m in Heaven and I am sad

On every day that I miss

No, I don’t believe that there is more

I won’t be knocking on Saint Peter’s door

The gate is open to see what I can see

A snake will bite, an ant will sting

Mother Nature is my king

Every day, the bush is callin' me

I don’t believe there’s anything else

It doesn’t get better than this

I’m in Heaven and I am sad

On every day that I miss

People talk of paradise

When you die, it’s their advice

The more you suffer, the better it will be

Somewhere up there in the sky

Angels show us how to fly

The prettiest wings when you feel like me

I don’t believe there’s anything else

It doesn’t get better than this

I’m in Heaven and I am sad

On every day that I miss

And, no, I don’t believe there’s anything else

It doesn’t get better than this

I’m in Heaven and I am sad

On every day that I miss