NOT IN THIS LIFE
(recorded live at Fox Run Concerts, per liner notes)
By Lori McKenna

It's cold for early June but the sun is rising fast
There's a dew up on the quiet hill
Where he lays in the grass
Staring up at Heaven's gates
To see if he can see in Jesus' eyes

The woman that he thinks of is still lying fast asleep
As he asks for resolution and prays his soul to keep
A man of God in love can't touch
A man of God, temptation, sunrise

But it doesn't mean I don't love you
It doesn't mean I don't care
It doesn't mean I wouldn't love to
Run my fingers through your hair
It doesn't mean I wouldn't
Make sweet love to you so right
It just means not in this life

This has always been the path for him
Since the age of nine or ten
And if only he remembered now
The things he knew back then
It seemed God had a plan for him
A clear and decisive role