Heaven's Hill - Matthew Ryan

A big red sun

Down by the riverside

Just off the tracks

Where Ben McCullen died

I found a gun…

So there it was

Still gifted with two rounds

I never told no one

At least well not 'til now

Not 'til now…

It ain’t no crime

When you been pushed past the line

We come and go without warning

But we could be in the land of light and joy come morning

I had a job

I had a girl

But it’s more than mean

It’s a cruel and wicked world

It’s a cruel and wicked world

So I did what I did

And just like the whippoorwill

There’s only one thing you can bring

Up here to Heaven’s Hill

Up here to Heaven’s Hill…

No it ain’t no crime

When you been pushed past the line

We come and go without warning

But we could be in the land of light and joy come morning

Oh Peter please understand

There’s more to this blood on my hands

These orphans break or get broke

And it got so dark I couldn’t see any other way home

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