'Til We Reach That Blissful Shore

life is like a mountain railway
with an engineer that's brave
we must make the run successful
from the cradle to the grave

heed the curves and watch the tunnels
never falter, never fail
keep your hand upon the throttle
and your eye upon the rail

Statler Brothers: Life's Railway to Heaven

Johnny Cash: Life's Railway to Heaven

A man of my acquaintance once wrote a poem called The Road Less Traveled , describing a journey he took through the woods along a path most travelers never used. The poet found that
the road less traveled was peaceful but quite lonely,
and he was probably a bit nervous as he went along, because if anything happened on the road less traveled, the other travelers would be on the road more frequently traveled and so couldn't hear him as he cried for help. Sure enough,
that poet is dead.
--Lemony Snicket
The Slippery Slope