GIMME A RIDE TO HEAVEN
BRIAN BURNS
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I WAS ALL CAUGHT UP WITH MYSELF ON THE HIGHWAY LATE ONE NIGHT
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DRIVIN ALONG LIKE A BAT OUTTA HELL WHEN I OBSERVED AN AMAZING SIGHT
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WAS A LONELY APPARITION BY THE ROADSIDE STANDING THERE
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WITH A THUMB OUT IN THE WILDERNESS AND A HALO IN HIS HAIR
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GIMME A RIDE TO HEAVEN BOY,
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AND I’LL SHOW YOU PARADISE
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GIMME A RIDE TO HEAVEN BOY
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MY NAME IS JESUS CHRIST
WELL, I CAME SCREECHING TO A HALT AND I SAID “HOP ON IN”
HE SAID “THANKS FOR THE LIFT I FORGIVE YOU OF YOUR SINS
I’VE JUST COME FROM JERUSALEM WHERE THINGS ARE GOING BAD
AH, GIMME A RIDE TO HEAVEN BOY, I NEED TO TALK TO MY DAD”
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WELL, I DIDN’T KNOW QUITE WHAT TO DO, SO I JAMMED ‘ER DOWN IN GEAR
STARTED KICKING MY FEET UNDER THE SEAT, TRYIN TO HIDE THE BEER
WELL, HE JUST GRINNED AND SAID ‘MY FRIEND, I KNOW THIS MAY SOUND ODD
BUT YOU GOT NOTHING TO FEAR ABOUT DRINKIN THE BEER WHEN YOU’RE RIDIN WITH THE SON OF GOD
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WELL, I SAW GOOD NEWS IN HIS BABY BLUES SO I PUNCHED HER TO THE FLOOR
I SAID ‘YOU’LL HAVE TO SHOW ME HOW TO GET THERE, I AIN’T BEEN BEFORE’
WELL, IT’S PRETTY HARD TO FIND BUT I’LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE CLUE
IT AIN’T SOMEWHERE UP IN THE AIR, IT’S RIGHT HERE INSIDE YOU
THEN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PERFECT SMILE, FROM HIS ROBES HE PULLED A GUN
STUCK IT RIGHT UPSIDE MY HEAD AND SAID “HOW’S THIS FOR KINGDOM COME?”
WELL, I PULLED OFF SCARED AND I HEARD HIM SAY AS HE LEFT ME BENEATH THE STARS
YOU KNOW THE LORD MOVES IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS AND TONIGHT MY SON…
HE’S GONNA USE YOUR CAR
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