Blueprints for Heaven

from To Tell You the Truth by Willi Carlisle

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lyrics

We plug in our outlets, we lock the backdoor
We're gonna do our own dishes, pile clothes on the floor
Our bank accounts are separate, our beds are the same
She'll take my affection, but she wont take my name

I make dinner for one, and that's mostly my plan
Coors Lite from the bottle, cheese from the can
She comes home from the barroom and the handsome young men
Her lovin' makes me love her again and again

But if you go to the backroom, you might be surprised
We're so happy together we got tears in our eyes

If there's a blueprint for heaven it's too dark to read
And that's why we're together if it ain't meant to be
A light for the darkness, a house that's burnin' down
If there's a blueprint for heaven we'll build it somehow

When the bonfire was over, there was ash in her hair
She was cryin' and lonesome and ashamed I was there
If you think it's all roses, buddy boy you don't know
There's a heart-shaped place where old loves used to go

And I'm all pecker and feet, she's all ticker and brain
She can sniff out my bullshit from ten miles away
We're carvin' our way, but the kitchen knife's dull
We drank the whole bottle of glasses half-full.

But if you go to the backroom, you might be surprised
We're so happy together we got tears in our eyes

If there's a blueprint for heaven it's too dark to read
And that's why we're together if it ain't meant to be
A light for the darkness, a house that's burnin' down
If there's a blueprint for heaven we'll build it somehow

Maybe God's not a builder, and we've wasted our time
What if God's just a gambler, and we're the small blind?
Then, don't call her my lady, this girl's my best friend
And we're savin' up for heaven
So we can pay to get in

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from To Tell You the Truth, released May 12, 2018

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Willi Carlisle Fayetteville, Arkansas

Folksinger/poet from the Midwest and upper South. Free Dirt Records.

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shows

May 2

The Southern

Charlottesville, VA
May 3

Live at Hub City Vinyl

Hagerstown, MD
May 5

123 Pleasant Street

Morgantown, WV
May 7

9th Ward at Babeville

Buffalo, NY
May 8

The Drake

Toronto, ON
May 9

Dominion Tavern

Ottawa, ON
May 10

Bar le Ritz PDB

Montreal, QC
May 11

Showcase Lounge at Higher Ground

South Burlington, VT
May 14

Baby's All Right

New York (NYC), NY
May 15

Johnny Brenda's

Philadelphia, PA
May 17

3S Artspace

Portsmouth, NH
May 18

Space Gallery

Portland, ME
May 19

Levon Helm Studio

Woodstock, NY
May 22

Caffe Lena

Saratoga Springs, NY
May 23

The Red Room at Cafe 939

Boston, MA
Jun 2

Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater

Virginia Beach, VA
Jun 5

MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

Tampa, FL
Jun 7

Ameris Bank Amphitheater

Alpharetta, GA
Jun 8

Ameris Bank Amphitheater

Alpharetta, GA
Jun 21

Franklin County Fairgrounds

Greenfield, MA
Aug 9

Planet Bluegrass

Lyons, CO
Sep 28

The Park at Harlinsdale Farm

Franklin, TN

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