IT WAS THE HOTTEST
DAY OF AUGUST
ALL OF US WERE DOWN
BY THE BANKS OF
THE PAINT ROCK RIVER
I WAS NEXT IN LINE
TO BE BAPTIZED AT THE
INNOCENT AGE OF TEN
NOW I'LL NEVER FORGET
I REMEMBER IT YET
THE TASTE OF THAT
CLEAR PURE WATER
AND THAT PREACHER'S
WORDS STILL
FILL MY HEAD
AND I HEAR THEM
NOW AND THEN
HE SAID DO YOU WANNA
GO TO HEAVEN
AND I SAID YEAH
JUST LEAD ME ON
TAKE MY HAND CAN YOU
FEEL THAT FEELING
AND I SAID YEAH
JUST LEAD ME ON
IT WAS THE HOTTEST
NIGHT OF SUMMER
AND THE FINAL
HIGH SCHOOL DANCE
WAS JUST ABOUT OVER
I WAS OLD ENOUGH FOR
THE TASTE OF LOVE
WHEN BOYS
TURN INTO MEN
I'LL NEVER FORGET
I REMEMBER IT YET
THE TASTE OF THAT
CLEAR PURE WATER
BUT THE PREACHER'S
WORDS I BARELY HEARD
AS SWEET BONNIE LOU
GAVE IN
SHE SAID DO YOU
WANNA GO TO HEAVEN
AND I SAID YEAH
JUST LEAD ME ON
TAKE MY HAND CAN YOU
FEEL THAT FEELING
AND I SAID YEAH
JUST LEAD ME ON
IT WAS A LONELY NIGHT
IN AUGUSTA
SHE WAS SITTIN' AT
THE END OF THE BAR
WHEN I SAW HER
WITH A LITTLE WINE
AND A LITTLE TIME
SHE'D BE A PRIZE TO WIN
I'LL NEVER FORGET
I REMEMBER IT YET
THE TASTE OF THAT
CLEAR PURE WATER
BUT THAT PREACHER'S
WORDS COULD NOT BE
HEARD WHEN SHE
WHISPERED COME ON IN
SHE SAID DO YOU
WANNA GO TO HEAVEN
AND I SAID YEAH
JUST LEAD ME ON
TAKE MY HAND CAN YOU
FEEL THAT FEELING
AND I SAID YEAH
JUST LEAD ME ON
SHE SAID DO YOU
WANNA GO TO HEAVEN
AND I SAID YEAH
JUST LEAD ME ON
TAKE MY HAND CAN YOU
FEEL THAT FEELING
AND I SAID YEAH
JUST LEAD ME ON
SHE SAID DO YOU
WANNA GO TO HEAVEN
AND I SAID YEAH
JUST LEAD ME ON
TAKE MY HAND CAN YOU
FEEL THAT FEELING
AND I SAID YEAH
JUST LEAD ME ON