| 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 Heaven
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| There’s a lot of swinging cats I been wanting to see
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| Like Joaquin Murphy and Jimmy Day
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| Shake hands with 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 I die
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| I heard Paul Bixby’s been waiting
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| He’s got something new that he wants me to try
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| Lt 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, I think the good Lord must love steel players, He’s made so many
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| of them
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| Matter of fact, He’s still trying
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| But the good Lord knows that the steel player’s life on Earth isn’t often easy
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| So He’s set aside a little corner of 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
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| 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. |
| Our Lord chose green-and-gold,
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| my personal favourite
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| The tables and chairs are upholstered in genuine naugahyde, and here our Lord
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| chose red, 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
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| bound to hear some old familiar voices calling, man, look who’s here,
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| come on up and sit on in. It’s C6th day again
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| You can’t get fired up in Heaven
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| Your union card’s all paid
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| There ain’t no bosses up in heaven
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| I heard Spade Cooley didn’t make the grade
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| Everybody’s got a Story up in Heaven
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| Some we all know well
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| All steel players go to Heaven
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| Some just go through hell
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| But the Good 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 Heaven with me
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| That’s steel guitar Heaven to me |