Do You Want To Go To Heaven - T.G. Sheppard

It was the hottest day of August

All of of us were down by the banks of the Paint Rock River

I was next in line to be baptised

At the innocent age of ten

And I’ll never forget, I remember it yet

The taste of that clear, pure water

And that preacher’s words still fill my head

And I hear them now and then

He said, «Do you…

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Wanna go to heaven

And I said «Yeah, just lead me on».

«Take my hand, can you feel that feelin'?»

And I said, «Yes just lead me on»

It was the hottest day of summer

And our final high school dance was just about over

I was old enough for the taste of love

When boys turn into men

And I’ll never forget, I remember it yet,

The taste of that clear, pure water

But the preacher’s words I barely heard,

As sweet Bonnie Lou gave in She said, «Do you…

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It was a lonely night in August

She was sittin' at the end of the bar when I saw her

And with a little wine and an little time

She would be a prize to win

Now I’ll never forget, I remember it yet,

The taste of that clear, pure water

But that preacher’s words could not be heard,

When she whispered, «Come on in»

She said, «Do you…

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