| Dsus | |
| I set a friend of mine up on a date |
| And I told him I'd watch his boy for the day |
| G | A | |
| And we | had a ball playing games, eating d | ogs |
| Dsus | |
| Riding rides | at the county fair |
| I thought he was just being a kid |
| When we got back to my place and he did what the did |
| G | A | |
| On a balloon | that he won he wrote mommy I had fun |
| Dsus | |
| And I miss | ed you and I wished you there |
| Em | A | Em | A | |
| I | wasn't sure what he had in mind till he j | umped up and ran o | utside |
| G | A | D | |
| And he let it go, and | he | waved good-bye |
| G | A | D | |
| Or was it hello, I d | on | 't know but I died inside |
| Bm | A | |
| I can still see | his excitement in pointing and | smiling |
| D | G | |
| When it wa | s gone as it could get |
| Em | |
| And he turned and asked me, |
| A | |
| Think it's in heaven yet |
| Dsus | |
| I struggled for something to say |
| I was too choked up lacking the kind of faith |
| G | A | Dsus | |
| He ha | d in his heart before I | could start he walked me back insid | e |
| He gave me his crayola pen and said I'll bet there's a message |
| G | |
| That you'd like to send, and no doubt he was right |
| A | Dsus | |
| It been lock | ed up inside since my grandpa said | good-bye |
| Em | A | Em | A | |
| I | took that yellow balloon and | wrote till I | ran out of room |
| G | A | D | |
| And I let it go, an | d | we waved good-bye |
| G | A | D | |
| That seven-year old Lord he | op | ened my eyes |
| Bm | A | |
| I can still see | his excitement in pointing and | smiling |
| D | G | |
| When it wa | s gone as it could get |
| Em | |
| Then I turned and asked him |
| A | |
| Think it's in heaven yet |