OH, YOU CAN'T GET TO HEAVEN
(Traditional)

Recorded by:
Cedarmont Kids; The Heaven's Sake Kids.



Oh, you can't get to heaven (echo each phrase)
On roller skates
'Cause you'd roll right by
Those pearly gates

Oh you can't get to heaven on roller skates
'Cause you'd roll right by those pearly gates
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more.

I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more.

Oh, you can't get to heaven (echo each phrase)
In a rocking chair
'Cause a rocking chair
Won't get you there

Oh, you can't get to heaven in a rocking chair
'Cause a rocking chair won't get you there
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more

I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more.

Oh you can't get to heaven (echo each phrase)
In a limousine
'Cause the Lord don't sell
No gasoline

Oh you can't get to heaven in a limousine
'Cause the Lord don't sell no gasoline
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more

I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more.

Oh, you can't get to heaven (echo each phrase)
In a motorcar
'Cause a motorcar
Won't go that far

Oh you can't get to heaven in a motorcar
'Cause a motorcar won't go that far
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more

I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more.

If you get there (echo each phrase)
Before I do
Just dig a hole
And pull me through

If you get there before I do
Just dig a hole and pull me through
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more

I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more.