gotta get to heaven scott h biram its a terrible time for a mean old man 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 whorehouse sleepin with sin its a whole lotta trouble and a bottle of gin gotta get a hold on a good way to feel pushes and pulls of the drivin wheel getting hard on the hands of a long time man gotta get to heaven just as fast as you can come onoh hallelujah i said lord wont you take me down to the river and drown me in your blood baby dont you worry bout my soul on fire in the morning people cant you see my tortured soul when im wrestling with the devils love ridin in the wake of a terrible wind on the crest of a holy flood well hallelujah well they used to think jesus was the easy way out if you wanna be a preacher you betta learn how to shout well the word of the lords not a delicate thing with your hands in the air and youre making them sing and youre waitin in the river with em gathered around wash away their troubles as youre holdin them down then youre 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 and you tell how you see it as they lower him down and you speak about the ghost and the life of a man yeah you gotta get to heaven just as fast as you can well come on hallelujah i said lord wont you take me down to the river and drown me in your blood baby dont you worry bout my soul on fire in the morning people cant you see my tortured soul when im wrestling with the devils love ridin on the wake of a terrible wind on the crest of a holy flood well hallelujah