The song Heaven Ain't Ready for You Yet is performed by Emmylou Harris in the album named Portraits in the year 2008 .
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"
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"
Now winter's lights has cooled the air
At last your strength's returned
You 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
Emmylou Harris - Portraits
- Boulder to Birmingham
- Before Believing
- Love Hurts
- In My Hour of Darkness
- Angels Rejoiced Last Night
- Sleepless Nights
- Too Far Gone
- If I Could Only Win Your Love
- Till I Gain Control Again
- One of These Days
- Together Again
- Here, There and Everywhere
- You're Still on My Mind [#]
- Sweet Dreams
- Luxury Liner
- Making Believe
- Pancho and Lefty
- Two More Bottles of Wine
- You Never Can Tell (C' Est la Vie)
- Easy from Now On
- Hello Stranger
- Every Time You Leave
- Beneath Still Waters
- Blue Kentucky Girl
- To Daddy
- Evangeline
- Save the Last Dance for Me
- Mr. Sandman
- And I Love You So [#]
- If I Needed You
- Roses in the Snow
- Boxer
- Wayfaring Stanger
- Millworker
- Dimming of the Day [#]
- Heaven Ain't Ready for You Yet
- Juanita
- Born to Run
- Price You Pay
- Sweet Chariot
- That Lovin' You Feelin' Again
- In My Dreams
- Love Is [Alternate Mix][#]
- To Know Him Is to Love Him
- Pain of Loving You
- Farther Along
- Angel Band
- I Still Miss Someone
- River for Him
- Heartbreak Hill
- Icy Blue Heart
- Gulf Coast Highway
- We Believe in Happy Endings
- West Texas Waltz
- Rollin' and Ramblin'
- Casey's Last Ride [#]
- Hard Times (Come Again No More)
- Calling My Children Home
- Walls of Time
- When I Paint My Masterpiece [#]
- No Regrets