I'm Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own

This is dedicated to the whole world
The women, especially
The men can just listen and think about what I'm 'bout to tell 'em
The women, this is dedicated to all women in the world
It goes like this

Build a heaven
I'm gettin' tired of seein' these women
Walk 'round here and sufferin' goin' on
Yeah, I'm gonna build me a heaven
A small one
I'm gonna build me a heaven of my own

I'm gonna build me a heaven
I'm gonna build me a heaven of my own
You know, so all of these lovin' women
Well, man, I can give them a happy home
That's right, I'm gonna build a heaven of my own
A man ain't allowed in there

Yeah, you know I ain't gonna call myself "Jesus"
Oh no, man, I ain't gonna play God
No, I ain't gon' call myself "Jesus"
Neither am I

Po Lightnin' ain't gon' call himself "God"
When he walk up and says, "I'm walkin' God"
I'm gonna say "No
You can't come in, now you is bought
'Cause I know there ain't but one God
He never been seen
I just heard His voice"

I'm gonna tell you something God knows it's true
The one we never seen
I say, know this is true

Why would I come and ask you, God
When I know just as much as you do?
Why should I be down on my knees to you
When I know just as much as you do, too
You know, we both better pray, man
I think that'll be the best thing for us to do

I see the man with long beard
It sure do tickle me
And I, I walk up to speak to him and he say, "Hello, my name is JC"
I didn't know what he was talkin';bout
But he called himself "Jesus Christ"
And I turned around and I spoke these words back at him

And I, yeah, I spoke the same words twice
I said, "Now, if you JC, baby
Will you please give Po Lightnin' the key?
I got an angel I want to enter your heaven
That angel keeps on following me"

You know he began to whirl his chain
Right on his hand
He said, "You look like a pretty honest man"
He said "Just show me an angel and I'm gon to tell you
What I'm going to do"

He said, "I'm gon' to turn my whole heaven
Kingdom and all over to you"
I said, "No, I can't do like you can do
But I can stand at the door and pass them angels through"

He said, "No, this chain don't mean too much to a man
But it likes to open the door and give every living creature a helping hand
And I said, "Now, Mr. JC, will you please help for me?"
He said, "My heaven is for women only
Take a peak now, don't you see?"