worktape....music and lyrics by Janice Hopkins sung by Heather Cowles
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Story behind the song
Story about a woman nearing the end of her days....and her preparing for that. This song was written around my Mother's 90th birthday. I was inspired by just a few words, "I Called Heaven Today" that she had written in one of my last letters from her.
Lyrics
Called Heaven Today © 2010 Janice Hopkins
I’d see her all the time on the night shift
Wisp of a gal, nearin’ 90 real soon
She always made me feel welcome
Like an honored guest in her room
Lift 1:
She was getting so frail…. but knew her own mind
But the recent things left in the blink of an eye
Turning for an instant from the Good Book
She said with a confident look……..
Chorus:
I called Heaven today
Been so long since God called him away
He reported he was doing just great
Exactly what I hoped He would say
And I told Him, let him know that I’ll be there real soon
Softly I rushed from her room
She called Heaven today
She’d tell me the line’s never busy
God must sit by the phone, and wait for our call
He always makes me feel welcome
Like a guest in some golden hall
Lift 2:
I asked how she had gotten… this direct line
She told me with faith that it’s there all the time
Told me that He said to get prepared soon
The tears flowed as I left her room
When she said….
Repeat Chorus:
Bridge:
One Sunday evening I went in to say hello
Lying on her pillow was the Bible I’d come to know
Staff said she left at dawn and seemed so ready to go
So…………
I Called Heaven Today
Just to see why God called her away
He reported she was doing just great
Exactly what I hoped He would say
And I told Him, let her know that now I’d get there too
For me she went way too soon
To a place Called Heaven Today
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