The Balloon Song

i set a buddy of mine up on a date
i told him i’d watch his son for the day
and we had a ball playin' games, eatin' dogs
riding rides at the county fair
i thought he was only being a kid
when we got back to my place
and he did what he did
on a balloon that he won
he wrote mama i had fun i missed you
wish you were here
i wasn’t sure what he had in mind
til he jumped up and ran outside and
he let it go, he waved goodbye
and that seven year old had me dyin' inside
i can still see his excitement
him pointing, and smilin' and
when it was gone as it could get
he turned and asked me
you think it’s in heaven yet
i struggled hard to find something to say
cause i knew i didn’t
have the same kind of faith
he had in his heart before i could start
he had me back inside
he went and grabbed his crayola pen
and said i bet there’s a message you want to send
no doubt he was right it’d been locked
up inside since mama said goodbye
i took that yellow balloon and wrote
til i ran out of room then
i let it go we waved goodbye
that seven year old