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HEAVEN IS ONLY ONE STEP AWAY
WORDS & MUSIC: HANK “HOLY ROLLER” RAY
GOLDFINGER PUBLISHING, 1997
Every time I hear the call of a lonesome whistle in the dark
That seems to tell me “Pack your bags and ride…
And live a free life of a hobo, sleep on the boxcar floor
Outsmart each tough cop or brakeman and ride, ride, ride, ride, ride!”
Then all the world is quiet but up there in the weeping willow tree
A songbird sings a familiar tune
Then my heart’s no more lonely ‘cause heaven is only
One step away…( Lonesome traveling )
One step away…( Lonesome traveling )
So I ride, ride, ride, ride away
But there’s no dream that lasts forever and with the dawning of the day
Back in my lonely little room these blues…… are here to stay
My mind it walks out yonder and my thoughts they go astray
To that land beyond the sun
Where my heart’s no more lonely ‘cause heaven is only
One step away…( Lonesome traveling )
One step away…( Lonesome traveling )
When I ride, ride, ride, ride away…( Lonesome traveling )
One step away…( lonesome traveling )
So I ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride away
Ride away…ride away…