<P> `` Tears in Heaven '' is a song by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings from the 1991 Rush film soundtrack . Its lyrics were inspired by the death of Clapton 's four - year - old son , Conor , who fell from a New York apartment building in 1991 . </P>
<P> `` Tears in Heaven '' is a song by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings from the 1991 Rush film soundtrack . Its lyrics were inspired by the death of Clapton 's four - year - old son , Conor , who fell from a New York apartment building in 1991 . </P>
who did eric clapton wrote tears in heaven about
who did eric clapton wrote tears in heaven about
Clapton 's four - year - old son , Conor , who fell from a New York apartment building in 1991
Clapton 's four - year - old son , Conor , who fell from a New York apartment building in 1991