Jersey On The Wall (I'm Just Asking)

Album: The Lemonade Stand (2019)
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  • There's a jersey on the wall
    In a high-school gym in my hometown
    In the corner, by the scoreboard
    Where the bleacher seats fold down
    Twenty-seven took the Tigers
    To the finals that year
    But that's not why it's hanging there

    If I ever get to Heaven
    You know I got a long list of questions
    Like how do You make a snowflake?
    Are You angry when the Earth quakes?
    How does the sky change in a minute?
    How do You keep this big rock spinnin'?
    And why can't You stop a car from crashin'?
    Forgive me, I'm just askin'

    I bet somewhere, there's a yearbook
    In a box under a bed
    With a senior picture missin'
    "In Loving Memory" instead
    And somewhere there's a mother
    Who stopped goin' to church
    'Cause Your plan quit makin' sense down here on Earth

    If I ever get to Heaven
    You know I got a long list of questions
    Like how do You make a snowflake?
    Are You angry when the Earth quakes?
    How does the sky change in a minute?
    How do You keep this big rock spinnin'?
    Why couldn't You stop that car from crashin'?
    Forgive me, I'm just askin'
    Oh, I'm just sayin'
    You don't have to answer now
    Oh, but some day

    If I ever get to Heaven
    I got a long list of questions
    Like how do You make a snowflake?
    Are You angry when the Earth quakes?
    How does the sky change in a minute?
    How do You keep this big rock spinnin'?
    If You got Your hands on everythin' that happens
    Then why couldn't You stop that car from crashin'?
    Forgive me, I'm just askin'
    I'm just askin' Writer/s: Gordie Sampson, Tenille Nicole Nadkrynechny, Tina Parole
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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