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I want to go to steel guitar heaven |
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That's the only resting place for me |
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I want to go to steel guitar |
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HeavenThere's a lot of swinging cats |
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I been wanting to see |
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Like Joaquin |
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Murphy and |
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Jimmy DayShake hands with |
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Speedy and shout hooray |
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That's steel guitar heaven to me |
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I heard about steel guitar heaven |
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I'm going when |
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I dieI heard |
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Paul Bigsby's been waiting |
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He's got something new that he wants me to trylt turns itself on and tells you a joke |
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Lights you a drink and pours you a smoke |
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Paul I don't think it's ready! |
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That's steel guitar heaven to me |
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Well, folks, |
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I think the good |
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Lord must love steel players, |
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He's made so many of them |
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Matter of fact, |
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He's still trying. |
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But the good |
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Lord knows that the steel player's life on |
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Earth isn't often easy, |
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So He's set aside a little corner of |
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Heaven, custom made, just for you. |
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First thing you'll notice, there's always plenty of courteous free parking |
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And don't it just seem like that old triple-neck ain't near as heavy as it used to be? |
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Step inside, and you'll find the walls are covered in real knotty pine, |
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And just take a gander at all that luxurious hi-lo shag, continuous filament, |
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Nylon-pile, wall-to-wall carpeting. |
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Our Lord chose green-and-gold, my personal favourite. |
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The tables and chairs are upholstered in genuine naugahyde, and here our |
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Lord chose red, |
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I think it's appropriate. |
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There's always a lot of cowboy carrying on up on the bandstand, and you're bound to hear some old familiar voices calling, man, look who's here, come on up and sit on in. |
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It's C6th day again. |
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You can't get fired up in |
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HeavenYour union card's all paid |
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There ain't no bosses up in heaven |
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I heard Spade |
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Cooley didn't make the grade |
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Everybody's got a |
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Story up in |
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HeavenSome we all know well |
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All steel players go to |
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HeavenSome just go through hell |
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But the Good |
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Lord loves each and every one |
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When your ragtime cowboy days are done |
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Come up to steel guitar |
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Heaven with me |
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That's steel guitar |
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Heaven to me. |
