REILLEY ELLIS LAW
SWEET ANGEL UP IN HEAVEN THE PEARLY GATES HAVE LET YOU IN,
FOR YOU HAD NO CHANCE TO COMMIT NO SIN.
NO CHANCE TO CRY OR TO WONDER WHY,
NO CHANCE TO EVEN SAY GOOD-BYE.
YOUR BIRTHDAY WILL COME AND THEN IT WILL GO
WITH NO CANDLES FOR YOU TO BLOW.
THERE'LL BE NO GIFTS, NO BALLOONS AND NO SONGS
FOR IN THIS WORLD YOU COULDN'T STAY LONG.
GOD HAD CALLED YOU TO THE HEAVENS ABOVE,
BUT I GIVE TO YOU ALL MY LOVE.
I THINK OF YOU EVERY DAY,
AND IN MY HEART IS WHERE YOU'LL STAY.
WHEN I SEE A PRETTY FLOWER WITH A SINGLE DROP OF DEW
IT REMINDS ME OF A TEAR THAT I HAVE SHED FOR YOU.
MY PRECIOUS LITTLE ANGEL IN GOD'S ARM IS WHERE YOU'LL STAY
UNTIL I GET TO HEAVEN TO HOLD YOU MYSELF ONE DAY.
SO FOR NOW I'LL JUST WAIT
UNTIL I SEE THE PEARLY GATES.
I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE THERE WAITING FOR ME TO HOLD YOU TIGHT
THEN WITH ANGELS WINGS WE'LL TAKE A FLIGHT.
TOGETHER WE'LL SOAR THROUGH THE HEAVENS ABOVE
FACE TO FACE WE'LL FALL IN LOVE.
SO TO YOU MY SWEET DAUGHTER, I ASK YOU TO WAIT
UNTIL WE'RE TOGETHER BEYOND THOSE PEARLY GATES.
