N G R 161: A preacher talking about Heavens

Still Got The Blues

Used to be so easy to give my heart away But I found out that the hard way There's a price you have to pay I found out that love was no friend of mine I should've known time after time So long It was so long ago But I've still got the blues for you Used to be so easy to fall in love again But I found out that the hard way It's a road that leads to pain I found that love was more than just a game You're playin' to win, but you lose just the same So long It was so long ago But I've still got the blues for you So many years since I've seen your face But here in my heart, there's an empty space Where you used to be So long It was so long ago But I still got the blues for you Though the days come and go There is one thing I know I've still got the blues for you

Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven

Preacher told me last Sunday mornin' Son, you better start livin' right You need to quit the women and whiskey And carrying on all night

Don't you wanna hear him call your name When you're standin' at the pearly gates I told the preacher, "Yes I do" But I hope they don't call today I ain't ready

Everybody wants to go to heaven Have a mansion high above the clouds Everybody want to go to heaven But nobody want to go now

Said preacher maybe you didn't see me Throw an extra twenty in the plate There's one for everything I did last night And one to get me through today Here's a ten to help you remember Next time you got the good Lord's ear Say I'm comin' but there ain't no hurry I'm havin' fun down here Don't you know that

Everybody wants to go to heaven Get their wings and fly around Everybody want to go to heaven But nobody want to go now

Someday I want to see those streets of gold in my halo But I wouldn't mind waiting at least a hundred years or so

Everybody wanna go to heaven It beats the other place there ain't no doubt Everybody wanna go to heaven But nobody wanna go now

Everybody wanna go to heaven Hallelujah, let me hear you shout Everybody wanna go to heaven But nobody wanna go now I think I speak for the crowd

I´ll be there soon, for Christmas

Over The Hills And Far Away

They came for him one winter's night Arrested, he was bound They said there'd been a robbery His pistol had been found They marched him to the station house He waited 'til the dawn And as they led him to the dock He knew that he'd been wronged "You stand accused of robbery" He heard the bailiff say He knew without an alibi Tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom Over the hills and far away For ten long years he'll count the days Over the mountains and the seas A prisoner's life for him there'll be He knew that it would cost him dear But yet he dare not say Just where he'd been that fateful night A secret it must stay He had to fight back tears of rage His heart beat like a drum For with the wife of his best friend He spent his final night of freedom Over the hills and far away He swears he will return one day Far from the mountains and the seas Back in her arms again he'll be Over the hills and far away Over the hills and Over the hills and Over the hills and far away Each night within his prison cell He looks out through the bars He reads the letters that she wrote One day he'll know the taste of freedom Over the hills and far away She prays he will return one day As sure as the rivers reach the seas Back in his arms again she'll be Over the hills and far away He swears he will return one day As sure as the river reach the seas Back in his arms is where she'll be Over the hills and far away She prays he will return one day As sure as the rivers reach the sea Back in her arms is where he'll be Over the hills Over the hills and far away Over the hills Over the hills and far away

Empty Rooms

Loneliness is your only friend A broken heart that just won't mend is the price you pay It's hard to take when love grows old The days are long and the nights turn cold when it fades away You hope that she will change her mind But the days drift on and on You'll never know the reason why she's gone Empty rooms Where we learn to live without love Empty rooms Where we learn to live without love I see her face in every crowd Hear her voice but you're still proud So you turn away You tell yourself that you will be strong But your heart tells you, "This time you're wrong" Empty rooms Where we learn to live without love Empty rooms Where we learn to live without love Empty rooms Where we learn to live without love You hope that she will change her mind But the days drift on and on (on and on) You'll never know the reason why she's gone Empty rooms Where we learn to live without love Empty rooms Where we learn to live without love Empty rooms (you hoped that she will change her mind) Where we learn to live without love (but the days drift on and on) Empty rooms Where we learn to live without love Empty rooms Where we learn