Heaven is only ten minutes away

Drove and told myself I'm ten minutes away from heaven. 

I arrived and there my girl and my daughter was waiting for me. 

I said hello and she said, "Heaven is ten minutes away." 

Then we packed our bags and headed for California for a town called San Diego. 

I had been planning for this trip for such a long time and met my sisters there. 

Up on the roof of their apartment they shouted, "heaven is still ten minutes away."

So, I went through downtown and stopped at a favorite shop

got some cookies and some clothes and the store owner still said, "you're still ten minutes away"

Outside of San Diego is a small suburban place. 

There we closed on a house, signed the final papers and our agent said, "Now you're only ten minutes away from heaven." 

I have used the kitchen many times and have changed bed sheets for so long and wondered how my daughter was getting taller each day. 

Then an accident happened and I can hear the sun saying, that I was going to heaven. 

And all this time heaven wasn't too far away. 

What a shame, I said. What a shame.