If Heaven were a place
Where you relived memories
That had a friendly face
Or made you feel at ease,

Which ones would you remember?
Which ones would you forget?
You could revisit December
And never show what you regret

Me? I know a few
That would make my heaven best.
For the memories I knew
Were different than the rest.

First I'd live in summer
In a silent, warm night.
I was quite a bit dumber
But everything was right.

I'd remember the stars
And silly flashlight games
And riding in topless cars
With long-forgotten names.

I'd remember all my lovers
When I was sure they were the one.
And we'd slide under the covers
And we'd have passionate fun.

I'd wander quite a while
With my mom on the chair
We'd watch movies and we'd smile
And eat sweets without a care

There'd be moments very quiet
There'd be memories so loud
We'd be wild like a riot
Or I'd rest under a cloud

There are many many thoughts
So precious to my heart
And I'd relive the lot
That made me from the very start

But then there are some
I wouldn't want to see
And I know they wouldn't come
And they'd keep away from me

Like nights filled with screams
And drunken punches too
A young baby tries to dream
As she suffers with a flu.

And I'd cuddle in my crib
And pretend I couldn't hear
And a young mother would jib
To a father through the years

Or the insults and the names
A man said to his daughter
Filling her with shame
What a way to be a father

And betrayals of a brother
Who was once her only friend
So she'd hide cuts from a tired mother
It doesn't matter in the end.

There were countless nights alone
And many more in days
But if angels take me home
Then it all would go away

I've made many mistakes
And I've made many a blunder
I will give and I will take
And there's been many a sunder.

Heaven is just our life
But only what we earn.
So live it all in strife
Don't be afraid to learn.