Pure as a kiss from the lips of God   A red rose bloomin out a canyon rock   Through a hole in the cloud she fell one day   Left her home on high so far away      From the day she came into this world   There were tears in the eyes of that baby girl   We tried everything to heal the hurt   But she never could find peace on earth      So goodbye, farewell homesick angel   May Heaven's shores be a sight for your sore eyes   Oh I wish you well homesick angel   I just wish we'd had more time      From a hillside grave a preacher asked   Who could blame that girl for rushing back   Who among us once they'd seen that place   Would ever want to set a foot outside those gates      So goodbye, farewell homesick angel   May Heaven's shores be a sight for your sore eyes   Oh I wish you well homesick angel   I just wish we had more time      God is God and I'm just a man   So I guess I'll never understand   But the fire inside that lights my faith   Is the smile I'll see upon her face   When I hold her again that day....      So goodbye, farewell homesick angel   May Heaven's shores be a sight for your sore eyes   Oh I wish you well homesick angel   Yeah I just wish we had more time   Yeah I just wish we'd had more time