Heaven Is Waiting

"I don't need no woman to kiss me

And I don't need no man to stand by my side

I don't need to slake my thirst with whiskey

Don't need to shuffle cards to pass the time

'Cause the stars are bright and silvery

And with the dry ache of a lone coyote's whine

My Savior's calling and I'm listening

Time to saddle up my pony and ride

'Cause heaven is waiting

Just past the horizon

Just over the mesas

Across the great divide

And faith is blazing

This trail that I ride on up this mountain

I'm prayin' I have the strength to climb

I ain't looking for no seven golden cities

But I know there's a fortune somewhere to find

There's a peace that I hear whisperin' through the pinyons

And a love that's taller than the ponderosa pines

And heaven is waiting

Just past the horizon

Just over the mesas

Across the great divide

And faith is blazing

This trail that I ride on up this mountain

I'm prayin' I have the strength to climb

So don't ask for no lengthy explanation

When there ain't no reason quite wild enough

No words could be as tender

It's greater than the fears that we imagine

More than the warmth that we remember

It's always just beyond the pass

And I must go

'Cause heaven is waiting

Just past the horizon

Just over the mesas

Across the great divide

And faith is blazing

This trail that I ride on up this mountain

I'm prayin' I have the strength to climb

Oh heaven is waiting

Oh heaven is waiting

Heaven is waiting"