Heaven Ain't Ready for You Yet - 2008 Remaster

When they carried you into the parlor
 Your wounds were the worst I'd seen
 Cold as snow, your body trembled
 Cradled in the arms of morphine
 All the kinfolk cried out loud
 "Good Shepherd, save this man"
 But you whispered with icy breath
 "It is not in His hands," and you said
 "Heaven ain't ready for me yet"
 And you looked at me
 "Give me your heart and take a bet"
 And you held my hand
 "Now I've seen your face, now that we've met
 I shall not slip away"
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 Mama said to me, "Daughter
 You must nurse your cousin well"
 So I cared for you through days and nights
 But your fever, I did not quell
 For weeks I watched you suffer pain
 That no laudanum could ease
 All I had left to do is pray
 "Lord, have mercy on him please", and you said
 "Heaven ain't ready for me yet"
 And you looked at me
 "Give me your heart and take a bet"
 And you held my hand
 "Now I've seen your face, now that we've met
 I shall not slip away"
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 Now winter's lights has cooled the air
 At last your strength's returned
 Talk to me of the life you spent
 And of the life you've earned
 You'll waste no time on vengeance
 You've no wish to fight again
 "To find peace," you say, "In God we trust
 But little faith in man"
 Heaven ain't ready for you yet, Jesse
 I'll give you my heart and I'll take a bet, Jesse
 Now I've seen your face, now that we've met
 I shall not slip away