Yonder Over Canaan
Written by Sid Griffin and Pat McGarvey
Late Sunday evening when the sun goes down
Breeze starts singing to a lonesome sound
Five piece band made of twenty seven strings
Put a smile on a statue if it heard them sing
Yonder over Canaan lie The Blue Sky Boys
Playing bluegrass wearing corduroy
High as the steeple of the chapel on the hill
Picked like the dickens when they play a fill
Picked like the devil on a gospel song
Notes are coming fast but they never come wrong
Tenor take the lead with the bass underneath
Four part harmony is what they preach
Yonder over Canaan lie The Blue Sky Boys
Playing bluegrass wearing corduroy
High as the steeple of the chapel on the hill
Picked like the dickens when they play a fill
Forty years on the road forty days forty nights
They whittled their sound 'til they got it right
Late one night on a two lane road
They bought God's grace
Now they'll never grow old
The Lord loves his neighbours and he favours grace
Each of his children has a special place
Who played on earth as a five piece band
Sounds through the Heavens with His helping hand
Yonder over Canaan lie The Blue Sky Boys
Playing bluegrass wearing corduroy
High as the steeple of the chapel on the hill
Picked like the dickens when they play God's will
Yonder over Canaan lie The Blue Sky Boys
Playing bluegrass wearing corduroy
High as the steeple of the chapel on the hill
Picked like the dickens when they play God's will
© Sid Griffin and Pat McGarvey
Published by Coal Train Tunes/Bug Music Ltd & Santa Mira Music/Bug Music Ltd