Johnny took the 4:05 and he rode it

Rode it down the line

He did not know that the ghost of Charlie Christian

Was riding too



That's when he got the feeling

Felt his soul and spirit rise

Closed his eyes and saw a vision

And he was sanctified



He said,

"I have heard a calling

I have heard a calling

I have heard it in the night

And I stood under the light of the calling."



Somebody brushed him on the shoulder

He felt a chill run right down his spine

He did not know that the ghost of Charlie Christian

was riding too

(riding too)



But that's when he got the feeling

[With?] the music coming up from the back

Heard the sound of fingers on steel

And a wheel upon a track



(Chorus)



He said,

"I have heard a calling

I can heard a calling

Like a priest or a missionary

I am only following the calling."



Following the calling....