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 FIRST SAW HER
AND WITH A LITTLE WINE
AND A LITTLE TIME
SHE WOULD BE A PRIZE
TO WIN
AND 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
DO YOU WANNA
GO TO HEAVEN
AND I SAID YEAH
JUST LEAD ME ON