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