If I make it to that golden gate, past the hurt and heavy years Would you still be waitin' for me, smilin' through my tears? If I called your name in heaven, would you turn around and see The broken man I've become down here, wishin' you were next to me? I try to keep on livin', but the nights are cold and long And every sunset's missin' something gone Would you still know me there? Would your arms be open wide? Would we laugh like we used to do before that long goodbye? I'm holdin' on to memories, but they fade like southern skies If heaven has a porch light on, I'll find you by and by I talk to stars some nights alone, where your voice used to be I wear your shadow like a coat, still fits too painfully There's love in every mile I walk, but it don't feel the same 'Cause the one I'd give my world to hold is only left in name And I know they say there's peace up there But I'd trade it just to see you here Would you still know me there? Would your arms be open wide? Would we dance beneath the haloed Moon like back in better times? I'm holdin' on to memories, but they flicker then they die If heaven has a porch light on, I'll find you by and by No, it won't be the same up above But maybe love still finds its way to love Would you still know me there? Would you smile and take my hand? Would the years just fall away like footprints in the sand? I'll carry this hurt like a prayer through the air Till I see you there Would you still know me there?