Skeptic in Heaven

by Andy Revkin

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Free (or your price) download of "Skeptic in Heaven," as performed by Andy Revkin on the WFDU folk radio show Traditions, with Bill Hahn. wfdu.fdu.edu/traditions.html More music: j.mp/revkinmusic

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Skeptic in Heaven

Spent all my life a doubter, a skeptic through and through,
‘til I found myself in heaven one fine day.
Don’t know how I got here. Seems you can’t recall your end.
But here I am and I still am amazed.

Everyone is smiling, happy as a clam.
We all share a look of slight surprise.
Even lifelong believers are somehow shocked to find
that heaven really is a paradise.

The view is quite spectacular. You can see the grand design.
You can finally see the forest for the trees.
Down on Earth they’re running round like frantic little ants.
They should relax. The afterlife’s a breeze.

Everyone is smiling, happy as a clam.
We all share a look of slight surprise.
Even lifelong believers are somehow shocked to find
that heaven really is a paradise.

Way, way down you can make out a different destination –
a place for those who did not make the grade.
But up here we nibble angel cake. The choir is divine.
Life in heaven is one big parade.

Everyone is smiling, happy as a clam.
We all share a look of slight surprise.
Even lifelong believers are somehow shocked to find
that heaven really is a paradise.

Music & Lyrics © 2013 Andrew Revkin

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released December 20, 2013
Andy Revkin, guitar and vocal

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Andy Revkin Lamoine, Maine

Best known for his environmental journalism and books, Andy Revkin has long been a performing songwriter (here seen on the Clearwater; photo by Susan English).

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