Gotta Get To Heaven

Well, it's a terrible time for a mean old man

You gotta get to heaven just as fast as you can

Long time forgotten 'bout the good old days

When a nail and a hammer got a poor man paid

Livin' in a whore house, sleeping in sin

It's a whole lotta trouble and a bottle of gin

You gotta get a hold on a good way to feel

Pushes and pulls of the driving wheel

Getting hard on the hands of a long time man

Gotta get to heaven just as fast as you can

Ah, come on, oh, hallelujah

Hallelujah

I said, "Lord, won't your take me down to the river

And drown me in Your blood?"

Said, "Baby, don't you worry 'bout my soul on fire in the morning"

People can't you see my tortured soul

When I'm wrestling with the Devil's love?

Riding in the wake of a terrible wind

On the crest of a holy flood

Oh, hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah

Yeah

Well, they used to think Jesus was the easy way out

If you wanna be a preacher you better learn how to shout

Well, the word of the Lord's not a delicate thing

With your hands in the air, and you're making them sing

And you're waitin' in the river with 'em gathered around

Wash away their troubles as you're holdin' them down

Then you're standin' in the grass when the wind starts to blow

Another good man gone and his soul is flown

Slow ride to Heaven from a hole in the ground

Yeah, you tell how you see it as they lower him down

And you speak about the ghost and the life of a man

You gotta get to heaven just as fast as you can

Oh, come on, oh, hallelujah

Hallelujah

I said, "Lord, won't your take me down to the river

And drown me in Your blood?"

I said, "Baby, don't you worry 'bout my soul on fire in the morning"

People can't you see my tortured soul

When I'm wrestling with the Devil's love?

Riding in the wake of a terrible wind

On the crest of a holy flood

Oh, hallelujah, hallelu'

Oh, hallelujah, hallelu'

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

Oh, hallelujah, oh, hallelujah

Oh, I'm coming home

Coming home

My soul gonna fly up to the doors in Heaven

It's gonna lift me up, lift me up

Hallelujah

Yeah, I'm taking the slow ride to Heaven

It's a long, long road

It's a long, long road

Yeah, speak about the Holy Ghost

Speak about the Lion of a man

No wait, pour His blood on the ground for me and you

Yeah, hallelujah

Hallelujah

Oh, hallelujah, hallelujah