Closest Thing to Heaven

from Growing Up EP by Atticus Hicks

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I was a southern boy
I had a bad tattoo and I drank too much
She was from Illinois
And she liked me anyway

I was stupid kid
I had a punk rock band and a bleeding heart
Thought I knew everything
And she showed me I was wrong

We spent Saturday night on the hood of my car
Talkin' 'bout Jesus and the president
Just breathin' in
Each other's air

And I said, get away from me
Cause it's a long way down to nowhere
And I'm going there fast
And she said, leave that up to me
Cause if you're going nowhere fast
I wanna go too

And this is, the closest thing to heaven
I'll ever know

She moved to Tennessee
But she carried my heart in her little hand.
I tried to make ends meet
Workin' that dead end job.

We spent Saturday night on the telephone
Talkin bout forever and next month’s rent
Just breathin in
Each other's air

And I said, get away from me
Cause it's a long way down to nowhere
And I'm going there fast
And she said, leave that up to me
Cause if you're going nowhere fast
I wanna go too

And this is, the closest thing to heaven
I'll ever know

And I said, get away from me
Cause it's a long way down to nowhere
And I'm going there fast
And she said, leave that up to me
Cause if you're going nowhere fast
I wanna go too

And I said show me what you see,
Cause the man you think you’re looking at is the man I wanna be
And she said, you can’t get away from me
Cause when i said forever, forever’s what I mean

And this is, the closest thing to heaven
I'll ever know

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from Growing Up EP, released October 19, 2017
Written, Performed, and Recorded by Atticus Hicks

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